PULSE BURST ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF NERVE OR TISSUE FIBERS

• US 20080177354A1
• Filed: 01/29/2008
• Published: 07/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cochlear Limited
• Original Assignee: Cochlear Limited
• Inventors: von Wallenberg, Ernst, Killian, Matthijs, Smoorenburg, Guido F.
• Application Number:
  US12/021,957
• Publication Number:
  US 20080177354A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/57
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36038 Cochlear stimulation

Abstract

A method for stimulating nerve or tissue fibers and a prosthetic hearing device implanting same. The method comprises: generating a stimulation signal comprising a plurality of pulse bursts each comprising a plurality of pulses; and distributing said plurality of pulse bursts across one or more electrodes each operatively coupled to nerve or tissue fibers such that each of said plurality of pulse bursts delivers a charge to said nerve or tissue fibers to cause dispersed firing in said nerve or tissue fibers.

Claims

1. A method of stimulating nerve or tissue fibers comprising:

generating a stimulation signal comprising a plurality of pulse bursts each comprising a plurality of pulses; and

distributing said plurality of pulse bursts across one or more electrodes each operatively coupled to nerve or tissue fibers such that each of said plurality of pulse bursts delivers a charge to said nerve or tissue fibers to cause dispersed firing in said nerve or tissue fibers.

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