Patent ID: 8718763

Claim:
A device for providing vagal stimulation comprising: monitoring apparatus configured to monitor physiological parameters of a patient, wherein the monitoring apparatus comprises at least one electrode configured to monitor the electrical activity of the patient's heart; a sensing module operably coupled to the monitoring apparatus and configured to receive the monitored physiological parameters; a therapy delivery module configured to deliver electrical stimulation to the patient's vagus nerve; and a control module operably coupled to the sensing module and to the therapy delivery module and configured to: detect a supraventricular tachycardia using the monitored physiological parameters, initiate delivery of electrical stimulation to the patient's vagus nerve upon detecting the supraventricular tachycardia, analyze the monitored physiological parameters for termination criteria after initiating delivery of electrical stimulation to the patient's vagus nerve, wherein analyzing the monitored physiological parameters comprises determining whether the R-R intervals within the electrical activity of the patient's heart have increased, and terminate the delivery of electrical stimulation to the patient's vagus nerve if the R-R intervals within the electrical activity of the patient's heart have not increased.