Patent ID: 11878159
Assignee: LIVANOVA USA, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. An implantable device for treating chronic cardiac dysfunction, comprising:
an implantable neurostimulator comprising a pulse generator configured to deliver electrical therapeutic stimulation in alternating cycles of stimuli application and stimuli inhibition;
a cervical vagus nerve stimulation therapy lead electrically coupled to the pulse generator and terminated by a pair of helical electrodes through which therapeutic stimulation is delivered to a patient's cervical vagus nerve; and
a recordable memory configured to store stimulation parameters configured to define a periodic duty cycle for the alternating cycles of stimuli application and stimuli inhibition, the stimulation parameters comprising a programmable ON-time for the stimuli application and a programmable OFF-time for the stimuli inhibition;
wherein the periodic duty cycle is within a duty range selected based on a targeted therapeutic efficacy and an extent of potential side effects; and
wherein the pulse generator is further configured to operate under the stimulation parameters stored in the recordable memory.