A cardiac stimulation device uses dynamic overdrive pacing to prevent sleep apnea.
In another aspect, the device can use dynamic overdrive pacing to terminate sleep
apnea after detection. An implantable cardiac stimulation device comprises a sensor
and one or more pulse generators. The sensor senses intrinsic cardiac electrical
phenomena. The pulse generators can generate cardiac pacing pulses with timing
based on the sensed intrinsic cardiac electrical phenomena to dynamically overdrive
the intrinsic cardiac electrical phenomena. The timed cardiac pacing pulses can
prevent a sleep apnea condition.
