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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1997
Nathan A Torgerson, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Jean E Prather, Rogers, MN (US);
John W Forsberg, St. Paul, MN (US);
Curtis D Kinghorn, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A stimulation device for screening therapeutic effects from electrical stimulation of electrically excitable tissue. The stimulation device includes inputs such that the user can easily select the polarity, amplitude, pulse width, and pulse rate of the respective stimulation signal applied on each of the implanted electrodes. Alternatively, the stimulation device automatically sets those parameters of the stimulation signal with parameters that have historically produced high ratings of therapeutic effect. The user then enters a rating of the therapeutic effect that results from the application of those stimulation signals on the implanted electrodes. The stimulation device is designed to also include a casing such that the stimulation device is adapted to be portable. Because the stimulation device of the present invention is also inexpensive, the user can carry this device around during normal daily activities of the user during the screening process. Consequently, parameters of the stimulation device that would result in optimum therapeutic effect for normal daily activities of the user can be determined more easily and more accurately.