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7617002 |
Selection of neurostimulator parameter configurations using decision trees
A selection of parameter configurations for a neurostimulator using decision trees may be employed by a programming device to allow a clinician or other user to select parameter configurations, and...
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7613517 |
Method for neurostimulation
The invention relates to a device for treating a patient for neurological or muscular pain by neurostimulation comprising a pair of electrodes to be applied externally, ie. to the surface of the...
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7610100 |
Methods and systems for treating osteoarthritis
Methods of treating osteoarthritis include applying at least one stimulus to a stimulation site within a patient with an implanted system control unit in accordance with one or more stimulation...
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7593778 |
Electrosurgical device with improved visibility
A method and apparatus are disclosed for improving accuracy of placement of a cannula during delivery of electrical energy proximate to bodily tissue, e.g. neural structures. The apparatus...
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7590454 |
Modular stimulation lead network
A medical kit and method for treating an ailment, such as chronic pain is provided. The kit comprises first and second medical leads, e.g., stimulation leads. Each lead comprises an elongated body...
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7590453 |
Collecting activity information to evaluate incontinence therapy
A medical device delivers a therapy to a patient. The medical device may periodically determine an activity level of the patient, and associate each determined activity level with a current therapy...
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7584000 |
Method and system for energy conservation in implantable stimulation devices
The application relates to a stimulation device with power conservation functionality. In implantable devices, power supplies may be limited. Replenishing these power supplies may require costly...
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7580753 |
Method and system for stimulating a dorsal root ganglion
Some embodiments of the present invention provide a pulse generator for high impedance electrodes as well as stimulation systems and components for selective stimulation and/or neuromodulation of...
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7571002 |
Portable percutaneous assemblies, systems and methods for providing highly selective functional or therapeutic neuromuscular stimulation
Neuromuscular stimulation assemblies, systems, and methods make possible the providing of short-term therapy or diagnostic testing by providing electrical connections between muscles or nerves...
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7571001 |
System and method of rapid, comfortable parameter switching in spinal cord stimulation
A system and method for rapidly switching stimulation parameters of a Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) system increases the number of stimulation parameter sets that may be tested during a fitting...
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7561919 |
SPG stimulation via the greater palatine canal
Apparatus for application to a subject is provided, including an elongated support element having a length of between 1.8 cm and 4 cm, and having proximal and distal ends; and one or more...
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7561918 |
Autocapture in a neurostimulator
A method (and associated apparatus) of providing electrical neurostimulation therapy to a patient using an implanted neurostimulator comprises (a) delivering an electrical stimulation to a nerve...
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7555345 |
Implantable neurostimulator device
The disclosure describes an implantable neurostimulator device for delivery of neurostimulation to treat head, neck, or facial pain or tension, including pain or tension caused by occipital...
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7548779 |
Microwave energy head therapy
A therapy whereby high frequency electromagnetic pulses are externally applied to a head. The microwave signals effectively resynchronize neural firings thereby lessening or curing certain...
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7546164 |
Electrical tissue stimulation apparatus and method
An implantable lead for electrical stimulation of tissue has wire-like extendable members whose tips curl back upon themselves in open tissue spaces to form 2- or 3-dimensional electrodes. The...
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7542804 |
Neuromuscular stimulation to avoid pulmonary embolisms
A system and method that provide a prophylactic treatment to a person, e.g., a patient, to avoid the occurrence of pulmonary embolisms by the system providing neuromuscular stimulation to a...
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7542803 |
Sensitivity analysis for selecting therapy parameter sets
Techniques for controlling delivery of a therapy to a patient by a medical device, such as an implantable medical device (IMD), involve a sensitivity analysis of a performance metric. The...
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7539543 |
Feedback method for deep brain stimulation with detection of generalized efference copy signals
Disclosed is a method for improving cognitive function or for improving coordination of function across a patient's cortical regions. The method includes applying electrical stimulation to at least...
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7532936 |
Programmable switching device for implantable device
A device and method for generating electrical stimulation. The implantable device includes a programmable switching device or array that receives at least one pulse generator output coupled through...
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7526341 |
Amplitude ramping of waveforms generated by an implantable medical device
The present invention automates the adjustment of an amplitude of stimulated pulses that are generated by an implanted device. Apparatus comprises a processor that communicates with the implanted...
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7519431 |
Shifting between electrode combinations in electrical stimulation device
The disclosure is directed to techniques for shifting between two electrode combinations. An amplitude of a first electrode combination is incrementally decreased while an amplitude of a second, or...
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7502652 |
Method of routing electrical current to bodily tissues via implanted passive conductors
The invention provides an implant, system and method for electrically stimulating a target tissue to either activate or block neural impulses. The implant provides a conductive pathway for a...
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7502651 |
Methods for stimulating a dorsal root ganglion
Some embodiments of the present invention provide stimulation systems and components for selective stimulation and/or neuromodulation of one or more dorsal root ganglia through implantation of an...
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7496404 |
Rechargeable spinal cord stimulator system
A spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system includes multiple electrodes, multiple, independently programmable, stimulation channels within an implantable pulse generator (IPG) which channels can...
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7489970 |
Management of neurostimulation therapy using parameter sets
An implantable medical device delivers neurostimulation therapy to a patient according to a parameter set. A parameter set may consist of a number of programs that are delivered substantially...
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7483748 |
Programmable waveform pulses for an implantable medical device
Apparatus and method provide flexibility in generating a stimulation waveform to an electrode of an Implantable Neuro Stimulator (INS). The stimulation waveform is synthesized for each rate period...
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7480532 |
Baroreflex activation for pain control, sedation and sleep
Systems and methods provide baroreflex activation to treat or reduce pain and/or to cause or enhance sedation or sleep. Methods involve activating the baroreflex system to provide pain reduction,...
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7477945 |
Delivery device for stimulating the sympathetic nerve chain
The present invention provides a device and assembly for electrically and/or chemically stimulating individual ganglion and a plurality of ganglia of the nervous system, and particularly to ganglia...
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7463927 |
Self-adaptive system for the automatic detection of discomfort and the automatic generation of SCS therapies for chronic pain control
A system for treating pain consisting of an “add-on” module integrated within the implantable pulse generator (IPG) component of IPG spinal cord stimulators, or, alternatively, integrated...
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7450993 |
Methods for selective stimulation of a ganglion
Some embodiments of the present invention provide stimulation systems, components and methods for stimulation of the spinal cord and the nervous system. Additional embodiments provide for selective...
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7450992 |
Method for controlling or regulating therapeutic nerve stimulation using electrical feedback
A stimulation system includes a stimulation source, an implantable stimulation lead, an implantable sensing device, and a controller. The stimulation source generates and transmits stimulation...
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7447546 |
Methods of neurostimulating targeted neural tissue
Some embodiments of the present invention provide methods of neurostimulating targeted neural tissues. Also described are stimulation systems and components for selective stimulation and/or...
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7433734 |
Apparatus and method for blocking activation of tissue or conduction of action potentials while other tissue is being therapeutically activated
A desired effect is produced by therapeutically activating tissue at a first site within a patient's body and a corresponding undesired side effect is reduced by blocking activation of tissue or...
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7406351 |
Activity sensing for stimulator control
The disclosure describes a system that measures the distance between one or more electrodes and tissue of a patient, and controls one or more parameters of the stimulation delivered to the tissue...
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7389145 |
Systems and methods for reversibly blocking nerve activity
Systems and methods for blocking nerve impulses use an implanted electrode located on or around a nerve. A specific waveform is used that causes the nerve membrane to become incapable of...
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7386348 |
Patient interactive neurostimulation system and method
A fully automated computer controlled system is provided for adjustment of neurostimulation implants used in pain therapy and in treating neurological dysfunction which includes a patient...
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7376467 |
Portable assemblies, systems and methods for providing functional or therapeutic neuromuscular stimulation
Neuromuscular stimulation assemblies, systems, and methods make possible the providing of short-term therapy or diagnostic testing by providing electrical connections between muscles or nerves...
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7369894 |
Method, system and device for treating disorders of the pelvic floor by electrical stimulation of the sacral and/or pudendal nerves
Described are implantable devices and methods for treating various disorders of the pelvic floor by means of electrical stimulation of tissue volumes at two or more locations adjacent sacral nerves...
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7343203 |
Apparatus for electrotherapy
In an apparatus for electrotherapy, comprising a circuit arrangement with a terminal for generation of a sequence of voltage pulses and two electrodes for application of these voltage pulses to a...
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7340300 |
Neurostimulation delivery during transurethral prostate treatment
In general, the invention provides a transurethral ablation device comprising an electrode for delivery of neurostimulation therapy to a patient to prevent or alleviate pain experienced during the...
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7337006 |
Methods and systems for modulating neural tissue
Some embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for modulating neural tissue including systems and components for selective stimulation and/or neuromodulation of targeted...
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7337005 |
Methods for stimulating a nerve root ganglion
Some embodiments of the present invention provide stimulation systems and components for selective stimulation and/or neuromodulation of one or more nerve root ganglia through implantation of an...
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7337004 |
Method and apparatus for veterinary RF pain management
A method and apparatus for reducing chronic pain in animals by radio frequency (RF) neuromodulation of peripheral nerves of the animal is disclosed. The method, using the disclosed apparatus,...
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7333857 |
Treatment of pain
The method disclosed herein entails spinal cord stimulation via electrodes placed directly into the dorsal horn, dorsal column, spinothalamic tract, nucleus cuneatus, nucleus gracilis, spinal tract...
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7326181 |
Nervous tissue stimulation device and method
A method using a precisely controlled, computer programmable stimulus for neuroselective tissue stimulation that does not leave a sufficient voltage or electrical artifact on the tissue being...
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7324852 |
System and method for neurological stimulation of peripheral nerves to treat low back pain
According to one embodiment, a system for neurological stimulation of peripheral nerve fibers to treat low back pain is provided. The system includes stimulation electrodes adapted to be implanted...
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7302296 |
Electrical stimulation system and methods for treating phantom limb pain and for providing sensory feedback to an amputee from a prosthetic limb
This invention relates to a system and methods for relieving phantomlimb pain in amputees, and for providing an amputee with sensory feedback from a prosthetic limb. The system employs implantable...
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7295876 |
System and method for generating and testing treatment protocols
A system, method, and computer program product for interactively defining and calibrating a treatment protocol program for a stimulation device such as an implantable pulse generator (IPG). An IPG,...
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7283877 |
Method of measuring neural responses
A new method of recording and processing neural responses (“NR”) is provided, wherein the method does not assume a linear system response and does not assume a linear response at the interface...
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7283875 |
Nerve stimulation device
A nerve stimulation device has a pulse generator for generating stimulation pulses and an output for the stimulation pulses from the pulse generator, which is connectable to an electrode...
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