Patent Document ID: 8639327
Application ID: 12848019
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of delivering therapy, wherein the method comprises: monitoring physiological parameters of a patient, wherein the physiological parameters comprise electrical activity of the patient's vagus nerve; determining whether the monitored electrical activity of the patient's vagus nerve comprises efferent activity; analyzing the monitored physiological parameters, wherein analyzing the monitored physiological parameters comprises determining whether the efferent activity of the electrical activity of the patient's vagus nerve is reduced over time; and initiating or adjusting non-nerve stimulating cardiac therapy if the efferent activity of the electrical activity of the patient's vagus nerve is reduced, wherein the non-nerve stimulating cardiac therapy comprises at least one of pacing therapy, cardiac resynchronization therapy, anti-tachycardia pacing, high-energy shock pulses for cardioversion/defibrillation therapy, bradycardia pacing, and drug therapy, wherein the method further comprises determining whether the monitored electrical activity of the patient's vagus nerve comprises afferent activity, and wherein determining whether the efferent activity of the electrical activity of the patient's vagus nerve is reduced comprises comparing the efferent activity to the afferent activity.