US 2024/0390685 A1 · METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLINICAL EFFECTS-BASED TARGETING OF NEUROSTIMULATION

Abstract

An example of a system for delivering neurostimulation may include a programming control circuit and a stimulation control circuit. The programming control circuit may be configured to generate stimulation parameters controlling delivery of the neurostimulation according to a stimulation configuration. The stimulation control circuit may be configured to specify the stimulation configuration, and may include volume definition circuitry and stimulation configuration circuitry. The volume definition circuitry may be configured to determine one or more test volumes, determine a clinical effect resulting from the one or more test volumes each being activated by the neurostimulation, and determine a target volume using the determined clinical effect. The stimulation configuration circuitry may be configured to generate the specified stimulation configuration for activating the target volume.

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Dependent claims

A system for delivering neurostimulation to tissue of a patient, the system comprising:

a programming control circuit configured to generate stimulation parameters controlling delivery of the neurostimulation according to a stimulation configuration;
and
a stimulation control circuit configured to:
determine one or more test volumes;
determine one or more clinical effects each resulting from a test volume of the one or more test volumes being activated by the neurostimulation;
determine a recommended volume using the one or more test volumes and the one or more clinical effects, the recommended volume recommending a direction for determining a target volume;
determine the target volume using the one or more test volume and the recommended volume;
and
determine the stimulation configuration for activating a stimulation volume substantially matching the target volume,
wherein the one or more test volumes, the recommended volume, the target volume and the stimulation volume each represent a portion of the tissue.

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A method for controlling delivery of neurostimulation to tissue of a patient, the method comprising:

determining one or more test volumes using a processor;
determining one or more clinical effects using the processor, the one or more clinical effects each resulting from a test volume of the one or more test volumes being activated by the neurostimulation;
determining a recommended volume using the one or more test volumes and the one or more clinical effects using the processor, the recommended volume recommending a direction for determining a target volume;
determining the target volume using the one or more test volumes and the recommended volume using the processor;
determining a stimulation configuration for activating a stimulation volume substantially matching the target volume using the processor;
and
generating stimulation parameters for controlling delivery of the neurostimulation according to the stimulation configuration using the processor,
wherein the one or more test volumes, the recommended volume, the target volume, and the stimulation volume each represent a portion of the tissue.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions, which when executed by a system, cause the system to perform a method for controlling delivery of neurostimulation to tissue of a patient, the method comprising:

determining one or more test volumes;
determining one or more clinical effects each resulting from a test volume of the one or more test volumes being activated by the neurostimulation;
determining a recommended volume using the one or more test volumes and the one or more clinical effects, the recommended volume recommending a direction for determining a target volume;
determining the target volume using the one or more test volumes and the recommended volume;
determining a stimulation configuration for activating a stimulation volume substantially matching the target volume;
and
generating stimulation parameters for controlling delivery of the neurostimulation according to the determined stimulation configuration,
wherein the one or more test volumes, the recommended volume, the target volume, and the stimulation volume each represent a portion of the tissue.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for clinical effects-based targeting of neurostimulation

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Method and apparatus for clinical effects-based targeting of neurostimulation

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