Patent ID: 11938324
Assignee: THE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. The system of claim 2, wherein the at least two vagus nerve electrodes include three vagus nerve electrodes, wherein the first set of signal parameters includes a pulse width of the electrical signals, a falling phase of the electrical signals, and an amplitude of the electrical signals, and wherein the controller is further configured to:
control the signal generator to increase the pulse width or the falling phase of the electrical signals while at least one of the PSIs and the NSIs associated with the afferent A-type fibers increases,
set a preferred pulse width or a preferred falling phase for B-type fibers to the pulse width or the falling phase that causes neither the PSIs nor the NSIs associated with B-type fibers to increase,
control the signal generator to increase, subsequent to setting the preferred pulse width or the preferred falling phase, the amplitude of the electrical signal while at least one of the PSIs and the NSIs associated with B-type fibers increases, and
set a preferred amplitude for B-type fibers to the amplitude that causes neither the PSIs nor the NSIs associated with B-type fibers to increase,
wherein the preferred set of signal parameters includes the preferred pulse width or the preferred falling phase for B-type fibers and the preferred amplitude for B-type fibers.