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System and method for controlling neurological disorders with spatially separated detection and therapy locations

  • US 20040153129A1
  • Filed: 07/22/2003
  • Published: 08/05/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/1997
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for providing therapy to a patient'"'"'s brain in response to a detected event, the system comprising:

  • a therapy delivery mechanism coupled to at least one therapy delivery site in the patient'"'"'s brain;

    a detection subsystem coupled to at least one detection electrode in the patient'"'"'s brain, wherein the detection subsystem is operative to receive and process a detected signal received by the detection electrode; and

    a processor operative to identify a detected event in the detected signal and to cause the therapy delivery mechanism to apply a dose of therapy in response thereto;

    wherein the detection electrode is situated in a first brain region and the at least one therapy delivery site is situated in at least one different second brain region.

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