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

Claim 10:
11. A method for reducing blood pressure in a patient, the method comprising:
delivering one or more stimulation patterns of stimulation pulses to at least one cardiac chamber of a heart of the patient over a time interval,
wherein a first stimulation pattern of the one or more stimulation patterns reduces 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, and
wherein the second reduction amount is greater than zero; and
performing continuously during delivering of the one or more stimulation patterns:
receiving 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.