NERVE STIMULATION APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nerve stimulation apparatus which performs nerve stimulation of a required level while reducing the adverse effect on the heart and on the detection of a cardiac event.

SOLUTION: Provided is a nerve stimulation apparatus 1 that includes a stimulation signal output unit 4 that outputs a nerve stimulation signal; a cardiac event detector 3 that detects a cardiac event; and a controller 5 that controls the stimulation signal output unit 4 so as to output a nerve stimulation signal having a smaller intensity in a non-refractory period of the heart H than that in a cardiac refractory period that is obtained on the basis of the cardiac event detected by the cardiac event detector 3.

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