Pulsewidth electrical stimulation
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1. A process for stimulating tissue selected from the group consisting of cardiac tissue, nerve tissue, brain tissue, and combinations thereof, comprising:
- delivering an electrical stimulating signal to the tissue, the electrical stimulating signal having about 10 to about 1,000 individual pulses, the individual pulses forming a first set of pulses and a second set of pulses, each individual pulse having a duration of from about one microsecond to about 100 microseconds, the individual pulses being discontinuous, with a spacing between adjacent pulses of at least from about 1 microsecond to about 100 microseconds, and the individual pulses each having a voltage of from about 10 millivolts to about 100 volts, the first set of pulses having a first voltage of about 10 millivolts to about 100 volts, the second set of pulses having a second voltage of about 10 millivolts to about 100 volts, the first voltage being different from the second voltage.
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A process for stimulating tissue such as cardiac tissue, nerve tissue, and brain tissue. In one step of the process, there is delivered an electrical stimulating signal to the tissue that contains from about 10 to about 1,000 individual pulses. Each individual pulse has a duration of from about one microsecond to about 100 microseconds and is discontinuous, with a spacing between adjacent pulses of at least from about 1 microsecond to about 100 microseconds. The individual pulses have a voltage of from about 10 millivolts to about 100 volts.
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1. A process for stimulating tissue selected from the group consisting of cardiac tissue, nerve tissue, brain tissue, and combinations thereof, comprising:
delivering an electrical stimulating signal to the tissue, the electrical stimulating signal having about 10 to about 1,000 individual pulses, the individual pulses forming a first set of pulses and a second set of pulses, each individual pulse having a duration of from about one microsecond to about 100 microseconds, the individual pulses being discontinuous, with a spacing between adjacent pulses of at least from about 1 microsecond to about 100 microseconds, and the individual pulses each having a voltage of from about 10 millivolts to about 100 volts, the first set of pulses having a first voltage of about 10 millivolts to about 100 volts, the second set of pulses having a second voltage of about 10 millivolts to about 100 volts, the first voltage being different from the second voltage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18)
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10. A process for stimulating tissue selected from the group consisting of cardiac tissue, nerve tissue, brain tissue, and combinations thereof, comprising:
delivering an electrical stimulating signal to the tissue, the electrical stimulating signal having about 10 to about 1,000 individual pulses, the individual pulses forming a first set of pulses and a second set of pulses, each individual pulse having a duration of from about one microsecond to about 100 microseconds, the individual pulses being discontinuous, with a spacing between adjacent pulses of at least from about 1 microsecond to about 100 microseconds, and the individual pulses each having a voltage of from about 10 millivolts to about 100 volts, the first set of pulses having a first duration of about one microsecond to about 100 microseconds, the second set of pulses having a second duration of about one microsecond to about 100 microseconds, the first duration being different from the second duration. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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