US 12,109,416 B2
Carotid sinus nerve stimulation
Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Plymouth, MN (US); and Molly Wade, Carver, MN (US)
Assigned to BAROLOGICS, INC., Carver, MN (US)
Filed by Barologics, Inc., Carver, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/156,896.
Application 17/156,896 is a continuation of application No. 16/393,536, filed on Apr. 24, 2019, granted, now 10,918,865.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/662,600, filed on Apr. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0205621 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/282 (2021.01); A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36053 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0006 (2013.01); A61B 5/0205 (2013.01); A61B 5/282 (2021.01); A61N 1/36057 (2013.01); A61N 1/36117 (2013.01); A61N 1/36135 (2013.01); A61N 1/36157 (2013.01); A61N 1/36171 (2013.01); A61N 1/36175 (2013.01); A61N 1/36178 (2013.01); A61B 5/02108 (2013.01); A61B 5/024 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. An implantable system for stimulating nerve fibers to treat a condition in a patient, the system comprising:
a pulse generator;
a first multipolar electrode device configured to wrap around carotid sinus nerve afferent fibers and cardiac-specific vagal nerve afferent fibers in a first side of a patient's neck;
a first lead attached at one end to the pulse generator and at an opposite end to the first multipolar electrode device; and
a computing device wirelessly connected to the pulse generator and configured to:
receive a sensed heart rate from an electrocardiogram sensor, wherein the sensed heart rate is indicative of an activity level of the patient;
transmit stimulation frequency to the pulse generator, wherein an increase in the sensed heart rate causes an increase in the stimulation frequency;
time a stimulation of the carotid sinus nerve afferent fibers and the cardiac-specific vagal nerve afferent fibers to the sensed heart rate; and
adjust stimulation of the carotid sinus nerve afferent fibers and the cardiac-specific vagal nerve afferent fibers based on the stimulation frequency.