Patent ID: 7720541

Claim:
A medical device, comprising: a detector system configured to detect patient conditions; a disordered breathing detection system coupled to the detector system and configured to detect disordered breathing; a therapy control system coupled to the disordered breathing detection system and the detector system configured to deliver a cardiac electrical therapy to mitigate the disordered breathing, the therapy control system comprising: circuitry configured to assess an efficacy of the therapy based on one or more first conditions of the detected patient conditions; and circuitry configured to assess a negative impact of the therapy on a patient based on one or more second conditions of the detected patient conditions, the one or more first conditions differing from the one or more second conditions at least in part, wherein the therapy control system is configured to adapt the cardiac electrical therapy to promote the therapy efficacy and adapt the cardiac electrical therapy to reduce the negative impact of the therapy on the patient; and a therapy delivery system coupled to the therapy control system and configured to deliver the adapted therapy to the patient, wherein at least one of the detector system, the disordered breathing detection system, the therapy control system, and the therapy delivery system includes an implantable component.