Patent ID: 7142917

Claim:
A heart treatment equipment for treating a patient comprising: a nerve stimulator for generating a nerve stimulating signal for stimulating a vagus nerve; a sensor for sensing an intensity of physical exercise or mental stress of the patient; and a controller connected to said nerve stimulator and said sensor, wherein said controller controls said nerve stimulator in response to an output of said sensor such that when the intensity of the physical exercise or the mental stress is relatively high, a relatively strong nerve stimulation is performed and when the intensity of the physical exercise or the mental stress is relatively low, a relatively weak nerve stimulation is performed or no nerve stimulation is performed, wherein said controller comprises a nerve stimulation parameter table memory at which is memorized at least one table relating a plurality of nerve stimulation parameters to the intensity sensed by said sensor, said controller controlling said nerve stimulator based on the nerve stimulation parameters selected from the nerve stimulation parameter table memory.