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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Jason D. Begnaud, Houston, TX (US);
Chris G. Dupont, League City, TX (US);
Jerry J. Kolafa, Richmond, TX (US);
Huan D. Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jason D. Begnaud, Houston, TX (US);
Chris G. Dupont, League City, TX (US);
Jerry J. Kolafa, Richmond, TX (US);
Huan D. Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cyberonics, Inc, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems for determining an optimal therapeutic window of parameter settings for nerve stimulation therapy are described herein. The disclosed techniques generally utilize one or more parameter sweeps to determine upper and lower threshold settings. The determination of the optimal therapeutic window may be performed during or after implantation.