SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEUROMODULATION DEVICE CODING WITH TRANS-SPECIES LIBRARIES
First Claim
1. A method for neuromodulation device coding for stimulation of a patient, the method comprising:
- (a) identifying a pattern of a sensory signal;
(b) retrieving one or more digital representations of a neural response corresponding to the identified pattern from a neural code library, wherein the neural code library comprises a plurality of digital representations of neural responses of neural units corresponding to each pattern;
(c) selecting one or more neural units of a patient to be stimulated by a neuromodulation device associated with the patient based on the retrieved one or more digital representations of a neural response pattern; and
(d) stimulating the selected neural units of the patient.
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Abstract
Aspects of the invention include systems and methods for neuromodulation device coding with a neural code library. The method includes identifying a pattern of a sensory signal, retrieving one or more digital representations of a neural response corresponding to the identified pattern from a neural code library, where the neural code library comprises a plurality of digital representations of neural responses of neural units corresponding to each pattern, selecting one or more neural units of a patient to be stimulated by a neuromodulation device associated with the patient based on the retrieved one or more digital representations of a neural response pattern, and stimulating the selected neural units of the patient.
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48 Claims
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1. A method for neuromodulation device coding for stimulation of a patient, the method comprising:
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(a) identifying a pattern of a sensory signal; (b) retrieving one or more digital representations of a neural response corresponding to the identified pattern from a neural code library, wherein the neural code library comprises a plurality of digital representations of neural responses of neural units corresponding to each pattern; (c) selecting one or more neural units of a patient to be stimulated by a neuromodulation device associated with the patient based on the retrieved one or more digital representations of a neural response pattern; and (d) stimulating the selected neural units of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for cochlear implant coding for stimulation of a patient, comprising:
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(a) a neural code library comprising a plurality of digital representations of neural responses of neural units of at least one normal hearing animal, wherein each of the plurality of digital representations of neural responses corresponds to one of a plurality of digital representations of acoustic patterns; (b) a sensory device configured to detect an acoustic signal; (c) an analyzer in communication with the sensory device, configured to identify one of the digital representations of acoustic patterns in the neural code library in response to the receipt of the acoustic signal; (d) a processing device in communication with the neural code library and the analyzer, configured, for each identified acoustic pattern, to retrieve the digital representations of neural responses of neural units corresponding to the identified acoustic pattern from the neural code library; and select one or more neural units of a patient to be stimulated by a cochlear implant implanted in the patient; and (e) a transmitting device in communication with the processing device and the cochlear implant, configured to stimulate the selected one or more neural units of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37, 38)
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33. A method for playing an acoustical signal to a patient having a cochlear implant implanted, comprising:
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(a) selecting an acoustical signal which the patient wants to listen to; (b) looking up a neural code library, wherein the neural code library comprises a plurality of digital representations of neural responses of neural units of at least one normal hearing animal, wherein each of the plurality of digital representations of neural responses corresponds to one of a plurality of digital representations of acoustic signals and comprises a neural response pattern; (c) if the selected acoustical signal exists in the neural code library, selecting one or more neural units of a patient to be stimulated by a cochlear implant implanted in the patient; and (d) stimulating the selected one or more neural units of the patient for listening to the acoustical signal. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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39. A system for playing an acoustic signal to a patient having a cochlear implant implanted comprising:
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(a) a neural code library comprising a plurality of digital representations of neural responses of neural units of at least one normal hearing animal, wherein each of the plurality of digital representations of neural responses corresponds to one of a plurality of digital representations of acoustic patterns and comprises a neural response pattern; (d) a processing device in communication with the neural code library, configured to look up the neural code library, and if the selected acoustical signal exists in the neural code library, select one or more neural units of a patient to be stimulated by a cochlear implant implanted in the patient; and (e) a transmitting device in communication with the processing device and the cochlear implant, configured to stimulate the selected one or more neural units of the patient for listening to the acoustical signal. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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