COUPLED MONOPOLAR AND MULTIPOLAR PULSING FOR CONDITIONING AND STIMULATION
First Claim
1. A method of providing therapy to a patient, comprising:
- placing a plurality of electrodes in contact with tissue of a patient;
conveying at least one conditioning pulse from the plurality of electrodes in one of a monopolar manner and a multipolar manner; and
conveying at least one stimulation pulse from the plurality of electrodes in a different one of the monopolar manner and the multipolar manner.
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Abstract
A method and neurostimulation system of providing therapy to a patient is provided. A plurality of electrodes are placed in contact with tissue of a patient, a conditioning pulse is conveyed from the plurality of electrodes in one of a monopolar manner and a multipolar manner, and a stimulation pulse is conveyed from the plurality of electrodes in a different one of the monopolar manner and the multipolar manner. As one example, the sub-threshold conditioning pulse may be a depolarizing pulse conveyed from the plurality of electrodes to render a first region of the tissue less excitable to stimulation, and the stimulation pulse may be conveyed from the plurality of electrodes to stimulate a second different region of the tissue.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing therapy to a patient, comprising:
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placing a plurality of electrodes in contact with tissue of a patient; conveying at least one conditioning pulse from the plurality of electrodes in one of a monopolar manner and a multipolar manner; and conveying at least one stimulation pulse from the plurality of electrodes in a different one of the monopolar manner and the multipolar manner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A neurostimulation system, comprising:
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a plurality of electrical contacts; output stimulation circuitry capable of outputting electrical pulses to the plurality of electrical contacts in accordance with a pulse pattern; and control circuitry capable of defining the pulse pattern, such that the electrical pulses comprise at least one conditioning pulse outputted to the plurality of electrical contacts in one of a monopolar and a multipolar manner, and at least one stimulation pulse outputted to the plurality of electrical contacts in a different one of the monopolar and multipolar manner. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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