| 摘要 |
Herein is described a device and methods-of-use to treat multiple possible causes of sudden neurological dysfunction related to cardiac, cerebrovascular, or brain electrical abnormalities. The device can be employed so as to treat cardiac dysfunction such as arrhythmia and subsequently related dysfunction of the central nervous system such as stroke and seizure. Alternatively, the device can be employed so as to treat cardiac dysfunction simultaneous with treatment of dysfunction of the central nervous system. Finally, the device can be employed so as to augment the effectiveness of treating cardiac dysfunction, namely the restoration of cardiac output and blood flow to the brain, by dilating the arteries of the brain. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method for treating a subject exhibiting neurological dysfunction with a device capable of stimulating both the heart and one or more neural structures, the method comprising:
determining a state of consciousness of the subject; based on the state of consciousness, investigating symptoms exhibited by the subject to identify one or more symptoms indicative of a global neurological dysfunction condition or a focal neurological dysfunction condition; and based on the identified symptoms:
applying to the subject one or both of a cardiac stimulation end device and a neural stimulation end device,determining one or more parameters of stimulation energy to be provided to the applied end device, the determination in accordance with the identified symptoms, anddelivering, based on the one or more parameters, stimulation energy to the subject, the delivered stimulation energy providing cardiac stimulation to the subject with the cardiac stimulation end device, providing neural stimulation to the subject with the neural stimulation end device, or providing both cardiac and neural stimulation to the subject with both end devices. |
