Patent ID: 11969598
Assignee: BACKBEAT MEDICAL, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system for reducing blood pressure in a patient, the system comprising:
a stimulation circuit configured to deliver a stimulation pulse to at least one cardiac chamber of a heart of the patient;
a sensor configured to sense parameters indicative of blood pressure of the patient; and
at least one controller configured to execute delivery of one or more stimulation patterns of stimulation pulses to the at least one cardiac chamber over a time interval,
wherein a first stimulation pattern of the one or more stimulation patterns reduces the blood pressure of the patient by a first reduction amount,
wherein a second stimulation pattern of the one or more stimulation patterns reduces the blood pressure of the patient by a second reduction amount,
wherein the first reduction amount is greater than the second reduction amount,
wherein the second reduction amount is greater than zero, and
wherein the at least one controller is configured to continuously perform during operation:
receiving, from the sensor, parameter information indicative of the blood pressure of the patient,
analyzing the parameter information indicative of the blood pressure of the patient, and
adjusting the one or more stimulation patterns according to the analysis,
wherein adjusting the one or more stimulation patterns comprises at least one of:
adjusting a ratio between a shorter atrioventricular delay of the first stimulation pattern and a longer atrioventricular delay of the second stimulation pattern, or
adjusting a number of heartbeats for which pulses with shorter atrioventricular delay are delivered for the first stimulation pattern compared to a number of heartbeats for which pulses with longer atrioventricular delay are delivered for the second stimulation pattern.