METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STIMULATING MYELINATED AND UNMYELINATED SMALL DIAMETER VAGAL NEURONS

摘要

A method for stimulating vagal neurons as demonstrated by generation of action potentials on these same neurons, wherein electrical pulse trains are periodically applied to electrodes implanted on the anterior and posterior vagus nerve at an entrance of a diaphragm, wherein each electrical pulse train is formed by a plurality of monophasic pulses having a frequency of at least 13.0 kHz.