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US 2008/0177354 A1Published application
Pulse burst electrical stimulation of nerve or tissue fibers
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorsMatthijs Killian, Ernst von Wallenberg, Guido F. Smoorenburg
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Abstract
A method for stimulating nerve or tissue fibers and a prosthetic hearing device implanting same. The method comprises: generating a stimulation signal comprising a plurality of pulse bursts each comprising a plurality of pulses; and distributing said plurality of pulse bursts across one or more electrodes each operatively coupled to nerve or tissue fibers such that each of said plurality of pulse bursts delivers a charge to said nerve or tissue fibers to cause dispersed firing in said nerve or tissue fibers.
Claims2
A method of stimulating nerve or tissue fibers comprising:
- generating a stimulation signal comprising a plurality of pulse bursts each comprising a plurality of pulses;
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- distributing said plurality of pulse bursts across one or more electrodes each operatively coupled to nerve or tissue fibers such that each of said plurality of pulse bursts delivers a charge to said nerve or tissue fibers to cause dispersed firing in said nerve or tissue fibers.
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