Patent ID: 7623926

Claim:
A method of controlling a baroreflex activation device for the treatment of hypertension, the method comprising: implanting the baroreflex activation device on or within a blood vessel proximate one or more baroreceptors, the baroreflex activation device including at least one electrode configured to deliver therapy to the one or more baroreceptors based on a control signal; providing a controller coupled to the baroreflex activation device; and using the controller to generate the control signal based on a therapy interval defined by a plurality of burst intervals each defined by a series of electrical pulses and including a first burst portion and a second burst portion each having a burst average power defined by a number of electrical pulses delivered over a period less than or equal to that burst portion, wherein the therapy interval includes a first therapy portion and a second therapy portion each having a therapy average power defined by a number of electrical pulses delivered over a period at least equal to a plurality of burst intervals, wherein the burst average power of the first burst portion is different than the burst average power of the second burst portion and wherein the therapy average power of the first therapy portion is different than the therapy average power of the second therapy portion.