Method and apparatus for controlling breathing employing interna

Details Method and apparatus for controlling breathing employing interna Method and apparatus for controlling breathing employing interna

1989-10-16

1991-08-06

Kamm, William E.

Surgery

Truss

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128421, 128642, A61N 3100

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050368486

ABSTRACT:
A method of stimulating breathing which comprises the steps of positioning a non-invasive internal electrode in the esophagus and two external electrodes on the chest. A pulsed stimulation of approximately two seconds duration is interposed across the electrodes with a magnitude of the successive pulses in each stimulation increasing linearly. An interval of approximately three seconds is interposed between successive stimulations. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the polarity of successive electrical stimulations is reversed.

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patent: 2532788 (1950-12-01), Sarnoff
patent: 3955583 (1976-05-01), Horauf
patent: 4301794 (1981-11-01), Tapper
patent: 4683890 (1987-08-01), Hewson

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