Patent Document ID: 9272145
Application ID: 13941986
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system, comprising: a timing control system configured to treat tinnitus therapy comprising: a sound generator configured to generate a plurality of sounds; an implantable vagus nerve stimulator configured to stimulate a vagus nerve of a patient, wherein the timing control system is configured to synchronize stimulation of the vagus nerve with the generation of the plurality of sounds, the implantable vagus nerve stimulator includes an electrode and a pulse generator connected to the electrode, wherein the implantable vagus nerve stimulator is configured to stimulate a vagus nerve of a patient in contact with the electrode with an electrical pulse train from the pulse generator, the system is configured to receive data defining frequencies corresponding to that associated with a patient's tinnitus, and the system is configured to instruct the sound generator to generate a series of the sounds such that the sounds do not have frequencies corresponding to those associated with the patient's tinnitus.