Patent ID: 8214050

Claim:
A method for monitoring physiological cycles of a patient, comprising: implanting a monitoring system into the patient, the system including a monitoring device operably connected to a first lead and a second lead, each lead having at least one electrode; measuring at least one signal indicative of a physiological parameter of the patient along at least three distinct vectors, a first vector defined by an electrode of the first lead and an electrode of the second lead, a second vector defined by the electrode of the first lead and an electrode integrated into an implantable pulse generator, and a third vector defined by the electrode of the second lead and the electrode integrated into the implantable pulse generator; and providing an output indicative of the at least one signal indicative of the physiological parameter, wherein implanting the monitoring device is performed such that the first lead is positioned on the left carotid sinus and the second lead is positioned on the right carotid sinus.