System and method for controlling neurological disorders with spatially separated detection and therapy locations
OwnerBenjamin Pless, Robert Fischell +1inventors
InventorsBenjamin Pless, Robert Fischell, David Fischell
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling epilepsy and other neurological disorders by providing electrical stimulation to a patient's brain in response to detected neurological conditions. An implantable device includes a stimulation subsystem coupled to a stimulation electrode to provide responsive electrical brain stimulation in response to an event detected via an on-board processor's analysis of data received from a detection subsystem coupled to a detection electrode located in a different portion of the patient's brain.
Claims9
A system for providing therapy to a patient's brain in response to a detected event, the system comprising:
- a therapy delivery mechanism coupled to at least one therapy delivery site in the patient's brain;
- a detection subsystem coupled to at least one detection electrode in the patient's brain, wherein the detection subsystem is operative to receive and process a detected signal received by the detection electrode;
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- a processor operative to identify a detected event in the detected signal and to cause the therapy delivery mechanism to apply a dose of therapy in response thereto;
- wherein the detection electrode is situated in a first brain region and the at least one therapy delivery site is situated in at least one different second brain region.
A method for responsively treating a neurological disorder in a patient with therapy applied to the patient's brain, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a signal representative of a neurological event with a detection electrode implanted in a first region of the patient's brain;
- transmitting the signal to a detection subsystem, wherein the detection subsystem is adapted to receive and process the signal received by the detection electrode;
- identifying a neurological event representative of the neurological disorder with a processor coupled to the detection subsystem;
- in response to the neurological event, causing a therapy delivery mechanism to apply a dose of a therapy to at least one therapy delivery site in at least one second region of the patient's brain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.