Vagal stimulation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8718763
APP PUB NO 20120185008A1
SERIAL NO

13353824

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The disclosure herein relates generally to methods for treating heart conditions using vagal stimulation, and further to systems and devices for performing such treatment. Such methods may include monitoring physiological parameters of a patient, detecting cardiac conditions, and delivering vagal stimulation (e.g., electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve or neurons having parasympathetic function) to the patient to treat the detected cardiac conditions.

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  • MEDTRONIC, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cornelussen, Richard N M Maastricht, NL 16 364
Della, Scala Alberto Rome, IT 6 398
Kleckner, Karen J New Brighton, US 100 4926
Kornet, Lilian Maastricht, NL 56 989
Stadler, Robert Shoreview, US 13 1734
Zhou, Xiaohong Woodbury, US 133 5982
Ziegler, Paul D Minneapolis, US 24 828

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