Method and apparatus to minimize the effects of a cardiac...

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A - Human Necessities

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A61N 1/36 (2006.01) A61N 1/365 (2006.01) A61N 1/362 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2426944

A method and apparatus are provided for protecting cardiac tissue from insult. The method comprises identifying the occurrence of an insult, such as a heart attack, and delivering electrical stimulation to one or more predetermined nerves in a patient's body in response to identifying the occurrence of the insult. The stimulation may be provided to peripheral nerves, intrinsic cardiac nerves, sympathetic ganglia, cranial nerves, and may generally be directed to the vertebral column, or within the chest wall of the patient.

L'invention concerne un procédé et un appareil destinés à protéger le tissu cardiaque d'un accident. Le procédé consiste à identifier l'apparition d'un accident, tel qu'une attaque cardiaque, et à délivrer une stimulation électrique à l'un ou à plusieurs nerfs prédéterminés du corps d'un sujet, en réponse à cette identification. La stimulation peut être délivrée aux nerfs périphériques, aux nerfs cardiaques intrinsèques, aux ganglions sympathiques, aux nerfs crâniens, et peut être généralement dirigée vers la colonne vertébrale, ou à l'intérieur de la cage thoracique du sujet.

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