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Selective dorsal column stimulation in SCS, using conditioning pulses

  • US 20040044378A1
  • Filed: 03/20/2003
  • Published: 03/04/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of electrically stimulating neural tissue of the brain comprising the steps of:

  • providing a source of electrical pulses;

    providing a first electrode;

    providing an electrical return path;

    connecting the first electrode to the source of electrical pulses;

    placing the first electrode in tissue of a patient'"'"'s brain;

    applying a hyperpolarizing electrical pre-pulse to the tissue through the first electrode and source of electrical pulses wherein the tissue is more susceptible to subsequent electric stimulation;

    applying a subsequent depolarizing electrical pulse to the tissue through the first electrode wherein an action potential is generated in the tissue.

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