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US 2020/0046970 A1Published application
Dual prophylactic and abortive electrical stimulation
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsMartin T. Gerber, Steven M. Goetz, Christopher Poletto
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Abstract
Prophylactic stimulation and abortive electrical stimulation are delivered to a cranial nerve, including, e.g. an occipital or trigeminal nerve to treat symptoms of various conditions, including, e.g. occipital neuralgia or migraines.
Claims31
1-20. (canceled)
A system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- one or more processors configured to program a medical device to deliver prophylactic electrical stimulation and abortive electrical stimulation to a patient, wherein the prophylactic stimulation is configured to inhibit onset of one or more symptoms of a patient condition and the abortive stimulation is configured to reduce an effect of one or more symptoms of the patient condition, wherein the one or more processors are configured to program the medical device by at least determining, for each electrode of a plurality of electrodes:
- a first range of stimulation thresholds associated with the prophylactic stimulation, and
- a second range of stimulation thresholds associated with the abortive stimulation, and
- wherein the one or more processors are configured to store the first and second ranges of stimulation thresholds and the respective electrode in the memory.
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A system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- one or more processors configured to program a medical device to deliver prophylactic electrical stimulation and abortive electrical stimulation to a patient, wherein the prophylactic stimulation is configured to inhibit onset of one or more symptoms of a patient condition and the abortive stimulation is configured to reduce an effect of one or more symptoms of the patient condition, wherein the one or more processors are configured to program the medical device by at least determining, for each electrode of a plurality of electrodes, ranges of stimulation thresholds associated with the electrode, wherein each range of stimulation thresholds is bounded by a low stimulation threshold and a high stimulation threshold,
- wherein the one or more processors are configured to store the ranges of stimulation thresholds and the respective electrode in the memory.
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A method comprising:
- programming, by one or more processors, a medical device to deliver prophylactic electrical stimulation and abortive electrical stimulation to a patient, wherein the prophylactic stimulation is configured to inhibit onset of one or more symptoms of a patient condition and the abortive stimulation is configured to reduce an effect of one or more symptoms of the patient condition, wherein programming the medical device comprises:
- determining, for each electrode of a plurality of electrodes:
- a first range of stimulation thresholds associated with the prophylactic stimulation, and
- a second range of stimulation thresholds associated with the abortive stimulation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.