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Clinician programmer system and method for calculating volumes of activation for monopolar and bipolar electrode configurations

US8326433B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

INTELECT MEDICAL, INC. · US
The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc. · US

Inventors

David Arthur Blum · Boston, US
Keith Carlton · Cleveland, US
Alan Greszler · Bay Village, US
Scott Kokones · Cleveland, US
Troy Sparks · Woodbury, US
Christopher R. Butson · Shaker Heights, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 15, 2009
Grant date	Dec 4, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 18, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG16H40/63
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system and method for providing a volume of activation (VOA) of a stimulation electrode leadwire may include a processor that calculates a VOA for each of a plurality of sets of parameter settings of the leadwire, stores in a database each of the calculated VOAs in association with the respective set of parameter settings for which it was calculated, performs a curve fitting on threshold values determined for a plurality of waveforms to obtain an equation, obtains a set of parameter settings of the leadwire for a stimulation, and determines a VOA for the obtained set of parameter settings based on the stored VOAs, for example, using the equation.

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