Patent ID: 9415224
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A61N

Claim Text:
1. An implantable medical device (IMD), comprising: an electrode assembly; a neurostimulator coupled to the electrode assembly, said neurostimulator adapted to deliver a stimulation signal to a patient in the patient's neural fulcrum zone, said stimulation signal comprising an ON time and an OFF time; a heart rate sensor configured to acquire a heart rate signal from the patient; a non-volatile memory; a control system coupled to the neurostimulator, the physiological sensor, and the non-volatile memory, said control system being programmed to: wherein the neural fulcrum zone corresponds to a stimulation intensity during which a transition heart rate response is detected, said transition heart rate response being between tachycardia and bradycardia and comprising a heart rate change of between about 0% and a decrease of about 5%.