Patent Document ID: 7561923
Application ID: 11124791
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A neural stimulation system for stimulating at least a sympathetic nerve and a parasympathetic nerve, the system comprising: a stimulation output circuit adapted to deliver stimulation pulses including sympathetic stimulation pulses delivered to the sympathetic nerve at a sympathetic stimulation frequency and parasympathetic stimulation pulses delivered to the parasympathetic nerve at a parasympathetic stimulation frequency; an autonomic balance monitoring circuit adapted to sense one or more signals indicative of autonomic activities; and a stimulation control circuit coupled to the stimulation output circuit and the autonomic balance monitoring circuit, the stimulation control circuit including: a sympathetic stimulation controller adapted to adjust the sympathetic stimulation frequency to control whether the delivery of the sympathetic stimulation pulses results in excitation or inhibition of the sympathetic nerve; and a parasympathetic stimulation controller adapted to adjust the parasympathetic stimulation frequency to control whether the delivery of the parasympathetic stimulation pulses results in excitation or inhibition of the parasympathetic nerve.