PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION
First Claim
1. A machine-implemented method of providing therapy to a patient using a plurality of electrodes implanted within the patient, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a programmer for an electrical stimulator, user input that at least partially defines a neuromodulation field to provide the therapy;
based on the received user input, determining a subset of the plurality of electrodes and current distributions for the subset to generate the field;
comparing an electrode limit to a number of electrodes in the determined subset and eliminating at least one of the number of electrodes in the determined subset based on the comparison to provide a reduced subset of the electrodes; and
redistributing current associated with the at least one eliminated electrode to at least one of the electrodes in the reduced subset of electrodes.
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Abstract
An example includes machine-implemented method of providing therapy to a patient using a plurality of electrodes implanted within the patient that includes receiving, via a programmer for an electrical stimulator, user input that at least partially defines a neuromodulation field to provide the therapy, based on the received user input, determining a subset of the plurality of electrodes and current distributions for the subset to generate the field, comparing an electrode limit to a number of electrodes in the determined subset and eliminating at least one of the number of electrodes in the determined subset based on the comparison to provide a reduced subset of the electrodes, and redistributing current associated with the at least one eliminated electrode to at least one of the electrodes in the reduced subset of electrodes.
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20 Claims
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1. A machine-implemented method of providing therapy to a patient using a plurality of electrodes implanted within the patient, the method comprising:
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receiving, via a programmer for an electrical stimulator, user input that at least partially defines a neuromodulation field to provide the therapy; based on the received user input, determining a subset of the plurality of electrodes and current distributions for the subset to generate the field; comparing an electrode limit to a number of electrodes in the determined subset and eliminating at least one of the number of electrodes in the determined subset based on the comparison to provide a reduced subset of the electrodes; and redistributing current associated with the at least one eliminated electrode to at least one of the electrodes in the reduced subset of electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system of providing therapy to a patient using a plurality of electrodes implanted within the patient, the system comprising:
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a programmer for an electrical stimulator, the programmer including; a user interface configured to receive user input that at least partially defines a neuromodulation field to provide the therapy; and at least one controller in communication with the user interface, the at least one controller configured to determine a subset of the plurality of electrodes and current distributions for the subset to generate the field based on the received user input; a comparator configured to compare an electrode limit to a number of electrodes in the determined subset and eliminate at least one of the number of electrodes in the determined subset based on the comparison to provide a reduced subset of the electrodes, and the at least one controller configured to redistribute current associated with the at least one eliminated electrode to at least one of the electrodes in the reduced subset of electrodes. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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