Patent ID: 11911616
Assignee: VISCARDIA, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A method comprising:
delivering a single diastolic stimulation pulse to a diaphragm of a patient at or near an end of a diastolic offset period from a first cardiac event, wherein the diastolic offset period ends during a latter part of diastole of a cardiac cycle of the patient and delivery of the single diastolic stimulation pulse results in an asymptomatic, transient, partial contraction of the diaphragm; and
delivering a single systolic stimulation pulse to the diaphragm of the patient at or near an end of a systolic offset period from a second cardiac event, wherein the systolic offset period ends during an early part of systole of the cardiac cycle and delivery of the single systolic stimulation pulse results in an asymptomatic, transient, partial contraction of the diaphragm.