System and method for avoiding, reversing, and managing neurological accommodation to electrical stimulation
US8660644B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 31, 2012 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/36132
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of operating a neurostimulation device comprises outputting a pulsed electrical waveform from the neurostimulation device between a plurality of electrodes while at least one of the electrodes has a first polarity, thereby stimulating neural tissue adjacent the electrode(s), allowing the neural tissue to undergo neurological accommodation in response to the electrical energy output between the electrodes, switching the electrode(s) from the first polarity to a second polarity, outputting the pulsed electrical waveform from the neurostimulation device between the electrodes while the electrode(s) has the second polarity, thereby hyperpolarizing the neural tissue to reverse the neurological accommodation, switching the electrode(s) from the second polarity to the first polarity, and outputting the pulsed electrical waveform from the neurostimulation device between the electrodes while the electrode(s) has the first polarity, thereby stimulating the previously hyperpolarized neural tissue.
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