Patent ID: 7660628
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. An implantable device, comprising: at least one port, each port being adapted to connect a lead with an electrode to the device; a stimulation platform, the platform including a sensing circuit connected to the at least one port to sense an intrinsic cardiac signal and a stimulation circuit connected to the at least one port via a stimulation channel to deliver a stimulation signal through the stimulation channel to the electrode, the stimulation circuit including a pacing capacitor and circuitry operably connected to the pacing capacitor to use the pacing capacitor to generate the stimulation signal with appropriate parameters to effectively depolarize a neural target for a neural stimulation therapy and to use the pacing capacitor to generate the stimulation signal with appropriate parameters to effectively capture myocardial tissue for a cardiac rhythm management (CRM) therapy; and a controller connected to the sensing circuit and the stimulation circuit, wherein the controller is adapted to select whether the circuitry connected to the pacing capacitor generates the stimulation signal with the appropriate parameters for the neural stimulation therapy or the stimulation signal with the appropriate parameters for the CRM therapy, and is adapted to control the neural stimulation therapy or CRM therapy.