| US 7,596,413 B2 | ||
| Coordinated therapy for disordered breathing including baroreflex modulation | ||
| Imad Libbus, St. Paul, Minn. (US); Quan Ni, Shoreview, Minn. (US); and Kent Lee, Fridley, Minn. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 08, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/863,827. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0288729 A1, Dec. 29, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61N 1/08 (2006.01); F16K 31/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 607—42 [607/18; 128/204.23] | 36 Claims |
| 1. A method of providing disordered breathing therapy to a patient, comprising:
delivering a plurality of therapies to treat disordered breathing, including at least a first therapy utilizing electrical
stimulation that modulates a patient's baroreflex response, and including a second therapy different from the first therapy;
sensing one or more conditions associated with the patient;
determining, from the one or more sensed conditions, an efficacy of at least one therapy of the first and second therapies
in treating disordered breathing;
determining, from the one or more sensed conditions, an impact on the patient other than the efficacy of the at least one
therapy;
modifying the at least one therapy if the efficacy is determined to be acceptable and the impact is determined to be unacceptable.
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