Baroreflex Therapy for Disordered Breathing

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-01-25
CVRX
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[0032] To address low blood pressure and other conditions requiring blood pressure augmentation, the present invention provides electrode designs and methods utilizing such electrodes by which the blood pressure may be selectively

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Although each of these alternative approaches is beneficial in some ways, each of the therapies has its own disadvantages.
For example, drug therapy is often incompletely effective.
Some patients may be unresponsive (refractory) to medical therapy.
Drugs often have unwanted side effects and may need to be given in complex regimens.
These and other factors contribute to poor patient compliance with medical therapy.
Drug therapy may also be expensive, adding to the health care costs associated with these diso

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[0062] The following detailed description should be read with reference to the drawings in which similar elements in different drawings are numbered the same. The drawings, which are not necessarily to scale, depict illustrative embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

[0063] To better understand the present invention, it may be useful to explain some of the basic vascular anatomy associated with the cardiovascular system. Refer to FIG. 1 which is a schematic illustration of the upper torso of a human body 10 showing some of the major arteries and veins of the cardiovascular system. The left ventricle of the heart 11 pumps oxygenated blood up into the aortic arch 12. The right subclavian artery 13, the right common carotid artery 14, the left common carotid artery 15 and the left subclavian artery 16 branch off the aortic arch 12 proximal of the descending thoracic aorta 17. Although relatively short, a distinct vascular segment referred to as the brachi...

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Abstract

A method is provided for treating respiration conditions of a patient. The method comprises monitoring or measuring a respiration parameter indicative of a need to modify activity of a baroreflex system of the patient, and controlling a baroreceptor activation device to cause or modify activation of a baroreflex response of the patient in response to the monitoring or measuring of the respiration parameter.

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CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 402,911 (Attorney Docket No. 021433-000410US), filed on Mar. 27, 2003, which is (i) a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 963,777 (Attorney Docket No. 021433-000120US), filed on Sep. 26, 2001; (ii) which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 671,850 (Attorney Docket No. 021433-000100US), filed on Sep. 27, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,522,926, and (iii) which claimed the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 368,222 (Attorney Docket No. 021433-000400US), filed on Mar. 27, 2002, the disclosures of each of the above being hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. The parent application for this application incorporated by reference the disclosures of the following U.S. patent applications: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 964,079 (Attorney Docket No. 021433-000110US), filed on Sep. 26, 2001...

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IPC IPC(8): A61N1/00A61N1/05A61N1/36
CPCA61B5/02028A61N1/05A61N1/0551A61N1/056A61N1/08A61N1/36135A61N1/36117A61N1/36185A61N1/3702A61N1/36053A61N1/3611A61N1/36114A61N1/36125
Inventor KIEVAL, ROBERT S.ROSSING, MARTIN A.SERDAR, DAVID J.
Owner CVRX
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