Patent ID: 7801603

Claim:
A neural stimulation system for applying neural stimulation to a body having a neck, a larynx, and a vagus nerve, the system comprising: an activity sensor adapted to sense a signal indicative of laryngeal activity; a laryngeal activity sensor assembly including a neck-bracing structure configured to hold the activity sensor on the neck over the larynx; and a neural stimulation analyzer communicatively coupled to the activity sensor, the neural stimulation analyzer including: a laryngeal activity input to receive the signal indicative of laryngeal activity; a neural stimulation input to receive a signal indicative of a delivery of the neural stimulation to the vagus nerve; and a processing circuit coupled to the laryngeal activity input and the neural stimulation input, the processing circuit configured to process the signal indicative of laryngeal activity for analyzing the neural stimulation system using the signal indicative of laryngeal activity.