Devices and methods to use power spectrum or signal association for pain management
AssigneeBoston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
InventorsMichael A. Moffitt, Hemant Bokil
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Abstract
Methods and systems for electrical stimulation can include obtaining a biosignal of the patient; altering at least one stimulation parameter of an electrical stimulation system in response to the biosignal; and delivering an electrical stimulation current to one or more selected electrodes of the electrical stimulation system using the at least one stimulation parameter. In some embodiments, a power spectrum is determined from the biosignal. In some embodiments, the biosignal is at least two different biosignals measured at the same or different locations on the patient and a coherence, correlation, or association between the two biosignal is determined.
Claims20
A method of adjusting stimulation parameters of an electrical stimulation system including a control module and a lead having a plurality of electrodes implanted in a patient, the method comprising:
- obtaining at least two different biosignals of the patient;
- analyzing the at least two different biosignals to determine whether the at least two different biosignals are indicative of synchronous activity;
- altering at least one stimulation parameter of the electrical stimulation system in response to the at least two different biosignals when the at least two different biosignals are indicative of the synchronous activity;
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- delivering electrical stimulation signals from the control module to one or more of the electrodes of the electrical stimulation system using the at least one altered stimulation parameter.
An electrical stimulation system, comprising:
- an implantable control module configured and arranged for implantation in a body of a patient and comprising an antenna and a processor coupled to the antenna, wherein the implantable control module is configured and arranged to provide electrical stimulation signals to an electrical stimulation lead coupled to the implantable control module for electrical stimulation of patient tissue;
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- an external programming unit configured and arranged to communicate with the processor of the implantable control module using the antenna and to adjust stimulation parameters for production of the electrical stimulation signals, wherein the external programming unit comprises
- a processor configured and arranged to perform the following actions:
- obtaining at least two different biosignals of the patient;
- analyzing the at least two different biosignals to determine whether the at least two different biosignals are indicative of synchronous activity;
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- altering at least one stimulation parameter of the electrical stimulation system in response to the at least two different biosignals when the at least two different biosignals are indicative of the synchronous activity;
- wherein the processor of the implantable control module is configured to direct delivery of electrical stimulation signals to one or more selected electrodes of the electrical stimulation system using the at least one altered stimulation parameter.
A method of adjusting stimulation parameters of an electrical stimulation system including a control module and a lead having a plurality of electrodes implanted in a patient, the method comprising:
- obtaining two different biosignals of the patient at two different locations on a body of the patient or at two different points in time;
- determining a measure of association between the two different biosignals,
- altering at least one stimulation parameter of the electrical stimulation system in response to the measure of association between the two different biosignals, and
- delivering electrical stimulation signals from the control module to one or more of the electrodes of the electrical stimulation system using the at least one altered stimulation parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.