Patent ID: 8209019

Claim:
A medical device system comprising: (a) a brain monitoring element for sensing activity in the brain and outputting a brain signal; (b) a cardiac monitoring element for sensing activity in the heart and outputting a cardiac signal; (c) a cardiac therapy module for providing therapeutic output to the heart; and (d) a processor in communication with the brain monitoring element, the cardiac monitoring element and the cardiac therapy module, the processor configured to perform the following: (i) simultaneously monitor the brain signal and the cardiac signal; (ii) detect a cardiac event in the monitored cardiac signal; (iii) activate the cardiac therapy module to provide the therapeutic output to the heart based on the detected cardiac event; (iv) determine if the cardiac event is of a specified nature; and (v) communicate to the cardiac therapy module to modulate the therapeutic output to the heart if a neurological event is detected in the monitored brain signal and the cardiac event is not of the specified nature.