System for providing stimulation pattern to modulate neural activity
AssigneeCardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
InventorsImad Libbus, Andrew P. Kramer
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Abstract
According to an embodiment of a method for providing neural stimulation, activity is sensed, and neural stimulation is automatically controlled based on the sensed activity. An embodiment determines periods of rest and periods of exercise using the sensed activity, and applies neural stimulation during rest and withdrawing neural stimulation during exercise. Other embodiments are provided herein.
Claims20
A system for use with at least one electrode, comprising:
- an implantable device configured to use the at least one electrode to modulate neural activity, the implantable device comprising controller circuitry, memory, a transceiver, and a generator configured to generate electrical stimulation to modulate the neural activity;
- the controller circuitry and the transceiver configured to cooperate to receive, from another device, information corresponding to a stimulation pattern and store data corresponding to the stimulation pattern in the memory, wherein the stimulation pattern includes a pattern of bursts with multiple burst durations and multiple burst interval sequences, and the bursts include pulses with a wave morphology, the pattern of bursts with multiple burst durations and multiple burst interval sequences being different from a simple burst pattern of repeated bursts with one burst duration and burst interval;
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- the controller circuitry operably connected to the memory and the generator and configured to use the data stored in the memory to control generation of the electrical stimulation to provide the stimulation pattern that includes the pulses with the wave morphology and that includes the multiple burst durations and the multiple burst interval sequences.
A method performed by an implantable device configured to generate electrical stimulation to provide a stimulation pattern for use to modulate neural activity using at least one electrode, the method comprising:
- receiving, from another device, information corresponding to the stimulation pattern, wherein the stimulation pattern includes a pattern of bursts with multiple burst durations and multiple burst interval sequences, and the bursts include pulses with a wave morphology, the pattern of bursts with multiple burst durations and multiple burst interval sequences being different from a simple burst pattern of repeated bursts with one burst duration and burst interval;
- storing data corresponding to the stimulation pattern in memory within the implantable device;
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- using data stored in the memory to control generation of electrical stimulation to provide the stimulation pattern that includes the pulses with the wave morphology and includes the multiple burst durations and the multiple burst interval sequences.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by an implantable device configured to generate electrical stimulation to provide a stimulation pattern for use to modulate neural activity using at least one electrode, cause the implantable device to:
- receive, from another device, information corresponding to the stimulation pattern, wherein the stimulation pattern includes a pattern of bursts with multiple burst durations and multiple burst interval sequences, and the bursts include pulses with a wave morphology, the pattern of bursts with multiple burst durations and multiple burst interval sequences being different from a simple burst pattern of repeated bursts with one burst duration and burst interval;
- store data corresponding to the stimulation pattern in memory within the implantable device;
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- use the data stored in the memory to control generation of electrical stimulation to provide the stimulation pattern that includes the pulses with the wave morphology and includes the multiple burst durations and the multiple burst interval sequences.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.