Patent ID: 7974693
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for treating a subject in which a first control unit is implanted and configured to apply, from a first implantation site within the subject, only when a heart rate of the subject is within a first set of values, pulses to a heart of the subject responsive to a sensed electrical parameter of the heart, the pulses selected from the group consisting of: pacing pulses and anti-arrhythmic energy, the method comprising: configuring a second control unit to apply, at a second implantation site within the subject, only when the heart rate is within a second set of values, a current that increases parasympathetic tone of the subject and affects a heart rate of the subject, the second implantation site selected from the group consisting of: a vagus nerve, an epicardial fat pad, a pulmonary vein, a carotid artery, a carotid sinus, a coronary sinus, a vena cava vein, a right ventricle, and a jugular vein; and configuring at least one of the control units to coordinate an aspect of applying the pulses with an aspect of applying the current, wherein the first and second control units are not under common control, wherein the first and second sets of values are non-overlapping.