Electrical stimulation system, lead, and method providing reduced neuroplasticity effects
First Claim
1. An electrical stimulation system providing reduced neuroplasticity effects in a person'"'"'s brain, comprising:
- an electrical stimulation lead adapted for implantation into the person'"'"'s brain for electrical stimulation of target brain tissue, the lead comprising a plurality of electrodes adapted to be positioned near the target brain tissue and to deliver electrical stimulation energy to the target brain tissue;
a stimulation source connectable to the electrical stimulation lead and operable to generate signals for transmission to the electrodes of the electrical stimulation lead to cause the electrodes to deliver electrical stimulation energy to the target brain tissue to reduce neuroplasticity effects in the person'"'"'s brain.
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Abstract
According to one aspect, an electrical stimulation system provides reduced neuroplasticity effects in a person'"'"'s nerve tissue. The system includes an electrical stimulation lead adapted for implantation into the person'"'"'s body for electrical stimulation of target nerve tissue. The lead includes a number of electrodes adapted to be positioned near the target nerve tissue and to deliver electrical stimulation energy to the target nerve tissue. The system also includes a stimulation source connectable to the lead and operable to generate signals for transmission to the electrodes of the lead to cause the electrodes to deliver electrical stimulation energy to the target nerve tissue to reduce neuroplasticity effects.
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45 Claims
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1. An electrical stimulation system providing reduced neuroplasticity effects in a person'"'"'s brain, comprising:
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an electrical stimulation lead adapted for implantation into the person'"'"'s brain for electrical stimulation of target brain tissue, the lead comprising a plurality of electrodes adapted to be positioned near the target brain tissue and to deliver electrical stimulation energy to the target brain tissue;
a stimulation source connectable to the electrical stimulation lead and operable to generate signals for transmission to the electrodes of the electrical stimulation lead to cause the electrodes to deliver electrical stimulation energy to the target brain tissue to reduce neuroplasticity effects in the person'"'"'s brain. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method providing reduced neuroplasticity effects in a person'"'"'s brain, comprising:
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using a stimulation source to generate signals for transmission to electrodes of an electrical stimulation lead implanted in the person'"'"'s brain to cause the electrodes to deliver electrical stimulation energy to target brain tissue to reduce neuroplasticity effects; and
in response to the signals transmitted from the stimulation source, using the electrodes of the electrical stimulation lead implanted in the person'"'"'s brain to deliver electrical stimulation energy to the target brain tissue to reduce neuroplasticity effects in the person'"'"'s brain. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An electrical stimulation system providing electrical stimulation of a person'"'"'s brain to reduce neuroplasticity effects associated with concurrent therapeutic electrical stimulation of the person'"'"'s brain, comprising:
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an electrical stimulation lead adapted for implantation into the person'"'"'s brain for electrical stimulation of target brain tissue, the lead comprising a plurality of electrodes adapted to be positioned near the target brain tissue and to deliver electrical stimulation energy to the target brain tissue in response to received signals; and
a stimulation source adapted for implantation into the person'"'"'s body and operable to concurrently;
generate signals for transmission to the electrodes of the lead to cause the electrodes to deliver electrical stimulation energy to the target brain tissue within the stimulation pulse to provide therapeutic electrical stimulation of the target brain tissue; and
generate signals for transmission to the electrodes of the lead to cause the electrodes to deliver electrical stimulation energy to the target brain tissue within the stimulation pulse to reduce neuroplasticity effects associated with the therapeutic electrical stimulation of the target brain tissue, the neuroplasticity reducing electrical stimulation being randomized about the therapeutic electrical stimulation, the neuroplasticity reducing electrical stimulation making it more difficult for the brain to dynamically reorganize itself to overcome effects of the therapeutic electrical stimulation;
the signals generated according to a plurality of stimulation programs each comprising one or more stimulation sets, each stimulation set specifying a plurality of stimulation parameters comprising a polarity for each electrode of the lead at each of one or more times, the polarities for the electrodes changing over time according to the stimulation parameters, one or more stimulation sets accomplishing therapeutic electrical stimulation of the target brain tissue and one or more other stimulation sets accomplishing neuroplasticity reducing electrical stimulation of the target brain tissue, each therapeutic electrical stimulation set being separated from a next therapeutic electrical stimulation set by a number of neuroplasticity reducing stimulation sets that is greater than or equal to zero.
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42. An electrical stimulation system providing reduced neuroplasticity effects in a person'"'"'s nerve tissue, comprising:
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an electrical stimulation lead adapted for implantation into the person'"'"'s body for electrical stimulation of target nerve tissue, the lead comprising a plurality of electrodes adapted to be positioned near the target nerve tissue and deliver electrical stimulation energy to the target nerve tissue;
a stimulation source connectable to the electrical stimulation lead and operable to generate signals for transmission to the electrodes of the electrical stimulation lead to cause the electrodes to deliver electrical stimulation energy to the target nerve tissue to reduce neuroplasticity effects in the target nerve tissue. - View Dependent Claims (43)
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44. An electrical stimulation system for stimulating a person'"'"'s brain, comprising:
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an electrical stimulation lead adapted for implantation into the person'"'"'s brain for electrical stimulation of target brain tissue, the lead comprising a plurality of electrodes adapted to be positioned near the target brain tissue and to deliver electrical stimulation energy to the target brain tissue;
two or more stimulation sets each specifying stimulation parameters; and
a stimulation source connectable to the electrical stimulation lead and operable to generate signals according to the two or more stimulation sets for transmission to the electrodes of the electrical stimulation lead to cause the electrodes to deliver electrical stimulation energy to the target brain tissue. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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