Patent ID: 7869881

Claim:
An implantable medical device, comprising: a pulse generator to generate baroreflex stimulation pulses; a sensor circuit; a lead adapted to be electrically connected to the pulse generator and to the sensor circuit, the lead including an electrode to distribute the baroreflex stimulation pulses to a baroreflex site and a pressure sensor to provide a signal indicative of blood pressure to the sensor circuit, wherein the pressure sensor is positioned proximate to the electrode on the lead to sense blood pressure locally with respect to the baroreflex site stimulated using the electrode; and a controller connected to the pulse generator and the sensor circuit, wherein the sensor circuit and the pressure sensor cooperate to provide the controller with localized blood pressure feedback with respect to baroreflex site, and the controller is adapted to adjust the baroreflex stimulation pulses delivered through the electrode using the localized blood pressure feedback, wherein the controller is adapted to control the pulse generator to cause the baroreflex stimulation pulses to provide a target pressure, and is further adapted to adjust the baroreflex stimulation pulses using the localized blood pressure feedback to compensate for baroreflex inertia and avoid continuously overshooting the target pressure.