Systems and methods of combined tonic dbs and random dbs
AssigneePacesetter, Inc.
InventorsFilippo Agnesi, Lalit Venkatesan
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for combining tonic deep brain stimulation (DBS) and random DBS. A system includes a stimulation lead including a plurality of contacts, and an implantable pulse generator (IPG) communicatively coupled to the stimulation lead and configured to cause tonic stimulation to be delivered using one contact of the plurality of contacts, and cause random stimulation to be delivered using a subset of the remaining contacts of the plurality of contacts.
Claims20
A deep brain stimulation (DBS) system for delivering a combination of tonic stimulation and random stimulation, the DBS system comprising:
- a stimulation lead comprising a plurality of contacts;
- and
- an implantable pulse generator (IPG) communicatively coupled to the stimulation lead and configured to:
- cause tonic stimulation to be delivered using one contact of the plurality of contacts;
- and
- cause random stimulation to be delivered a subset of the remaining contacts of the plurality of contacts.
An implantable pulse generator (IPG) for use with a deep brain stimulation (DBS) system for delivering a combination of tonic stimulation and random stimulation, the IPG comprising:
- a memory device;
- and
- a controller communicatively coupled to the memory device, the controller configured to cause stimulation to be delivered to a patient using a plurality of contacts of a stimulation lead coupled to the IPG by:
- causing tonic stimulation to be delivered using one contact of the plurality of contacts;
- and
- causing random stimulation to be delivered using a subset of the remaining contacts of the plurality of contacts.
A method of applying a combination of tonic stimulation and random stimulation using a stimulation lead including a plurality of contacts, the method comprising:
- delivering tonic stimulation using one contact of the plurality of contacts;
- and
- delivering random stimulation using a subset of the remaining contacts of the plurality of contacts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.