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7305268 Systems and methods for automatically optimizing stimulus parameters and electrode configurations for neuro-stimulators  
Methods and devices for automatically optimizing the stimulus parameters and/or the configuration of electrodes to provide neural stimulation to a patient. In one embodiment, a system includes an...
7299096 System and method for treating Parkinson's Disease and other movement disorders  
Systems and methods for treating movement disorders using cortical stimulation. In one embodiment, a method for treating movement disorders comprises determining a site at the cortex of the brain...
7299091 Treatment of obesity by bilateral vagus nerve stimulation  
A method of treating patients for compulsive overeating includes stimulating left and right branches of the patient's vagus nerve simultaneously with electrical pulses in a predetermined sequence...
7295875 Method of stimulating/sensing brain with combination of intravascularly and non-vascularly delivered leads  
A method of treating a neurological disorder in a patient is provided. The method comprises intravascularly delivering a first electrical lead within the head of the patient, and non-vascularly...
7292890 Vagus nerve stimulation via unidirectional propagation of action potentials  
Methods of stimulating a vagus nerve include providing at least one implantable stimulator with at least two electrodes, configuring the electrodes to apply stimulation that unidirectionally...
7286879 Method of stimulating fastigium nucleus to treat neurological disorders  
A method of treating a neurological disorder (such as acute stroke) in a patient is provided. The method comprises introducing an electrical stimulation lead within the patient's head, advancing...
7277758 Methods and systems for predicting future symptomatology in a patient suffering from a neurological or psychiatric disorder  
A neurological control system for modulating activity of any component or structure comprising the entirety or portion of the nervous system, or any structure interfaced thereto, generally referred...
7252090 Selection of neurostimulator parameter configurations using neural network  
In general, the invention is directed to a technique for selection of parameter configurations for a neurostimulator using neural networks. The technique may be employed by a programming device to...
7242983 Channel-selective blanking for a medical device system  
Apparatuses and methods selectively blank a neurological channel of a medical device system in the treatment of a nervous system disorder. A selected signal of a selected channel may be blanked if...
7239919 Diagnosis, treatment and research of mental disorder  
A method and a Cranial Electrical Stimulator CES ( 4 ) for operation in a diagnosis, treatment, research, and test mode related to mental disorder, are disclosed. Diagnosis is based on a detected...
7239910 Methods and devices for transcranial magnetic stimulation and cortical cartography  
The invention relates to: a method for stimulating and/or inhibiting at least one point or area of a brain using at least one stimulation device, wherein: the spatial structure of the head or brain...
7239918 Implantable pulse generator for providing functional and/or therapeutic stimulation of muscles and/or nerves and/or central nervous system tissue  
Improved assemblies, systems, and methods provide an implantable pulse generator for prosthetic or therapeutic stimulation of muscles, nerves, or central nervous system tissue, or any combination....
7236830 Systems and methods for enhancing or optimizing neural stimulation therapy for treating symptoms of Parkinson's disease and/or other movement disorders  
Systems and methods for treating a neurological disorder comprising determining a first set of neural stimulation parameters capable of treating a first subset of symptoms, determining a second set...
7236831 Methods and apparatus for effectuating a lasting change in a neural-function of a patient  
The present disclosure suggests methods of selecting a stimulation site for stimulating a patient's brain or methods of effectuating a neural-function of a patient associated with an impaired body...
7228178 Surface stimulation for tremor control  
Apparatus and methods for non-invasive electrical stimulation of the brain through skin surface stimulation of the peripheral nervous system as a treatment for movement disorders. Skin surface...
7221979 Methods and apparatus for the regulation of hormone release  
A method and apparatus for delivering corrective therapy through hormone regulation is provided. Inhibition of sympathetic fibers by spinal cord stimulation is used to regulate the levels of...
7209787 Apparatus and method for closed-loop intracranial stimulation for optimal control of neurological disease  
A neurological control system for modulating activity of any component or structure comprising the entirety or portion of the nervous system, or any structure interfaced thereto, generally referred...
7200443 Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator for appetite control  
A method for the treatment of eating and gastrointestinal disorders through transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation of the sympathetic celiac ganglia and nerve pathways innervating the stomach.
7193611 Computer cursor pointing device with electric stimulator  
A computer cursor pointing device with an electric stimulator is disclosed, including a casing, a first electrode which is mounted at the top surface of the casing, a second electrode which is also...
7184837 Selection of neurostimulator parameter configurations using bayesian networks  
In general, the invention is directed to a technique for selection of parameter configurations for an implantable neurostimulator using Bayesian networks. The technique may be employed by a...
7177678 Bi-directional cerebral interface system  
A cerebral interface system including a housing mechanism spaced at least partially in a cavity formed in the subject's skull; an attaching mechanism; a fluid-tight sealing mechanism; a control...
7177674 Patient-specific parameter selection for neurological event detection  
An epileptiform activity patient-specific template creation system permits a user to efficiently develop an optimized set of patient-specific parameters for epileptiform activity detection...
7177694 Method and apparatus for controlling repetitive nervous system malfunction  
An apparatus and method for controlling the symptoms of repetitive nervous system malfunction in a person such as the symptoms of Parkinson's disease and other ailments which create unwanted...
7174213 Electrical stimulation strategies to reduce the incidence of seizures  
An implantable multimodal neurostimulator having improved efficacy in treating epilepsy and other neurological disorders and processes of using that neurostimulator are described herein. The...
7167760 Apparatus and methods of optimal placement of deep brain stimulator  
A method of optimal placement of a deep brain stimulator in a targeted region of a brain of a living subject for optimal deep brain stimulation. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of...
7158833 Ferrule for cranial implant  
A ferrule for removably retaining a self-contained implantable device within a cranial opening of a patient is set forth. The ferrule includes a shelf portion, a wall portion, and at least one...
7155276 Method and apparatus to modify cranial electrical potentials to remediate psychiatric disorders and to enhance optimal brain functioning  
A method for modifying cranial electrical potentials utilizes an electrical lead having first and second electrodes. The electrical lead may also include either a resistive component for increasing...
7155285 Apparatus for inducing energies of alpha rhythm to the human body  
Alpha rhythm brain waves are related to mental and physical relaxation and healing. Based on the studies of bionics, this invention relates to inducing oscillatory alpha rhythm to the human body,...
7146217 Methods and apparatus for effectuating a change in a neural-function of a patient  
The following disclosure describes several methods and apparatus for intracranial electrical stimulation to treat or otherwise effectuate a change in neural-functions of a patient. Several...
7146218 Adaptive method and apparatus for forecasting and controlling neurological disturbances under a multi-level control  
A method and apparatus for forecasting and controlling neurological abnormalities in humans such as seizures or other brain disturbances. The system is based on a multi-level control strategy....
7136695 Patient-specific template development for neurological event detection  
An epileptiform activity patient-specific template creation system permits a user to efficiently develop an optimized set of patient-specific parameters for epileptiform activity detection...
7110820 Responsive electrical stimulation for movement disorders  
An implantable neurostimulator system for treating movement disorders includes a sensor, a detection subsystem capable of identifying episodes of a movement disorder by analyzing a signal received...
7107104 Implantable cortical neural lead and method  
A neural lead and method of treating neurological disorders by stimulation of the cerebral cortex of the brain is provided. The lead is designed for reduction of strain between the lead body and...
7089059 Predicting susceptibility to neurological dysfunction based on measured neural electrophysiology  
A system and method for determining and predicting a patient's susceptibility to neurological dysfunction based on measured electrophysiological parameters employs a self-contained implantable...
7079977 Synchronization and calibration of clocks for a medical device and calibrated clock  
Apparatus and method support the synchronization and calibration of a plurality of clocks in a medical device system that may provide treatment to a patient with a nervous system disorder. The...
7079898 Pain relieving and healing device  
Pain Relieving and Healing Device with a rigid tubular member being relatively open at the forward use end and closed by an end plate at the rear end. The inside of the tube contains a rigid piston...
7076307 Method and system for modulating the vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve) with electrical pulses using implanted and external components, to provide therapy neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders  
A method and system for neuromodulating vagus nerve(s) to provide therapy for neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders comprises implantable and external components. The pulsed electrical...
7050856 Variation of neural-stimulation parameters  
Techniques for varying stimulus parameters used in neural stimulation to improve therapy efficacy, minimize energy consumption, minimize undesired side effects, and minimize loss of therapeutic...
7043298 Electrotherapy by bone conduction  
Pathological conditions are alleviated by bone conduction practiced by the application of sinusoidal electric waves at frequencies of between 4,200 and 6,500 hertz at less than 200 microamperes...
7006872 Closed loop neuromodulation for suppression of epileptic activity  
A system and method for predicting the likelihood of occurrence of an impending neurological episode. Electrical stimuli are delivered to a structure of the brain. Response field potentials evoked...
7003352 Treatment of epilepsy by brain stimulation  
Introducing one or more stimulating drugs to the brain and/or applying electrical stimulation to the brain is used to treat epilepsy. At least one implantable system control unit (SCU) produces...
7003353 Photovoltaic powered charging apparatus for implanted rechargeable batteries  
A photovoltaic powered charging unit is mounted in a head covering, such as a cap or hat, for a patient who has an inductively chargeable medical device implanted in his head. The implanted device...
6993392 Miniaturized high-density multichannel electrode array for long-term neuronal recordings  
A high-density multichannel microwire electrode array is disclosed. The array can comprise a variable number of electrodes. A method of assembling the array is further disclosed. Additionally, a...
6983184 Interactive-modified interactive event related potential (IMIERP)  
A method modifying a particular electrophysiological feature generated in response to a stimulus is disclosed. The method involves a repeated process of: sampling the brain wave state in order to...
6978179 Method and apparatus for magnetic brain wave stimulation  
The present invention relates to a streamlined magnetic brain wave stimulation apparatus, which receives electronic signals based upon pre-recorded brain wave patterns. The brain wave patterns...
6961618 Vagal nerve stimulation techniques for treatment of epileptic seizures  
The present invention uses electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve to treat epilepsy with minimized or no effect on the heart. Treatment is carried out by an implantable signal generator, one or...
6959215 Methods for treating essential tremor  
A method for treating essential tremor includes directing a patient to perform a muscle action, for example a postural or kinetic muscle action. The method can further include collecting...
6954668 Apparatus and method for intra-oral stimulation of the trigeminal nerve  
An apparatus for intra-oral stimulation of the trigeminal nerve includes an energy source that imparts energy to a tooth to stimulate the trigeminal nerve and an attachment portion to secure the...
6950707 Systems and methods for treatment of obesity and eating disorders by electrical brain stimulation and/or drug infusion  
Systems and methods for introducing one or more stimulating drugs and/or applying electrical stimulation to the brain to at least treat or prevent obesity and/or other eating disorders uses at...
6944501 Neurostimulator involving stimulation strategies and process for using it  
This is a neurostimulator that is configured to treat epilepsy and other neurological disorders using certain stimulation strategies, particularly changing various pulse parameters, during the...
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