Patent ID: 11918812
Assignee: LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of operating an implantable neurostimulation system, comprising:
delivering a carotid baroreceptor stimulation (CBS) therapy to carotid baroreceptors of a patient for a treatment of chronic heart failure, according to a set of parameters, with a pulse generator via a CBS electrode assembly having at least one CBS electrode contact and an integrated pressure sensor configured to sense a blood pressure of the patient, the at least one CBS electrode contact and the integrated pressure sensor integrated into a single cuff structure;
determining an activity level of the patient based on the sensed blood pressure of the patient; and
modifying the set of parameters of the CBS therapy based on the determined activity level, wherein, in a first activity level state, the CBS therapy is delivered at a first intensity and, in a second activity level state, the CBS therapy is delivered at a second intensity different than the first intensity.