Patent ID: 9656082
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61N

Claim:
1. A method of developing a respiration pacing signal in an implanted patient with impaired breathing, the method comprising: detecting respiration activity in the implanted patient and developing a corresponding respiration signal; detecting movement of the implanted patient and developing a corresponding movement signal; using a pacing processor to follow a series of computer instructions fixed on a non-transitory computer readable medium to receive the respiration signal and the movement signal and generate a respiration pacing signal synchronized with the detected respiration activity; and delivering the respiration pacing signal from the pacing processor with a stimulating electrode to respiration neural tissue of the implanted patient to promote breathing of the implanted patient; wherein using the pacing processor includes using a plurality of respiration sensing modes that reflect activity of the movement signal over time to optimize system power consumption over time, wherein the plurality of respiration sensing modes includes: