Techniques for adjusting the locus of excitation of neural tissue in the spinal cord or brain
US5713922A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 25, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/0551
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of controlling a volume of neural tissue stimulation with electrodes placed in the intraspinal tissue, on the surface of the brain or deep in the brain in which first, second and third electrodes are implanted in or adjacent to the desired neural tissue. Anode/cathode relationships are established between the electrodes and pulses are presented to the electrodes so that fibers or cell bodies in said neural tissue are activated. Amplitude and/or pulse width of the pulses are varied to steer the locus of cell body or axon activation.
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