Patent ID: 8214035

Claim:
A medical device system comprising: a brain monitoring element for sensing activity of the brain and outputting a brain signal based upon the sensed activity of the brain; a cardiac monitoring element for sensing activity of the heart and outputting a cardiac signal based upon the sensed activity of the heart; a cardiac therapy module for providing therapeutic output to the heart; and a processor in communication with the brain monitoring element, the cardiac monitoring element and the cardiac therapy module, the processor configured to: receive the cardiac signal and detect a cardiac event in the cardiac signal; activate the cardiac therapy module to provide the therapeutic output to the heart based on the detected cardiac event; determine if the detected cardiac event is categorized as a neurologically matched cardiac event, a neurologically matched cardiac event comprising a cardiac event occurring within a specified time period of one or more neurological events; and communicate to the cardiac therapy module to modulate the therapeutic output to the heart if the detected cardiac event is categorized as a neurologically matched cardiac event.