US 11,813,466 B2
Atrioventricular nodal stimulation
Lilian Kornet, Berg en Terblijt (NL); Richard Cornelussen, Maastricht (NL); and Berthold Stegemann, Kassel (DE)
Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/157,433.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/966,352, filed on Jan. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0228892 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61B 5/388 (2021.01); A61B 5/294 (2021.01)
CPC A61N 1/37512 (2017.08) [A61B 5/294 (2021.01); A61B 5/388 (2021.01); A61N 1/3702 (2013.01); A61N 1/3756 (2013.01)] 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable medical device comprising:
a plurality of electrodes comprising at least one neural electrode implantable in the triangle of Koch region of the right atrium to deliver therapy to or sense nerve activity of one or both of the AV node or nerves innervating the AV node of the patient's heart;
a therapy delivery circuit operably coupled to the plurality of electrodes to deliver therapy to the patient's heart;
a sensing circuit operably coupled to the plurality of electrodes to sense electrical activity of the patient's heart; and
a computing apparatus comprising processing circuitry operably coupled to the therapy delivery circuit and the sensing circuit, the computing apparatus configured to deliver electrical stimulation to one or both of the AV node or nerves innervating the AV node using the at least one neural electrode.