Patent ID: 7769450
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A device, comprising: at least one port adapted to connect at least one lead; a cardiac rhythm management (CRM) functions module connected to the port and adapted to provide at least one CRM function using the at least one lead, the at least one CRM function including a function to provide an electrical signal to the lead to capture cardiac tissue; a neural function module, including a signal processing module connected to the port and adapted to receive and process a nerve traffic signal from the at least one lead into a signal indicative of the nerve traffic; and a controller connected to the CRM functions module and the neural function module, the controller being adapted to control the CRM function to provide a baseline response of a physiologic system to the CRM function, and to implement a procedure to receive feedback for use in controlling the CRM function, wherein the procedure implemented by the controller to receive feedback includes controlling the CRM function module to perturb the physiologic system from the baseline response to cause a transient nerve traffic response to the perturbed system, and determining the transient nerve traffic response to perturbing the physiologic system, the controller being adapted to implement the CRM function using the signal indicative of the transient nerve traffic response to perturbing the physiologic system as feedback for the CRM function.