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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2007
Benoit M. Dawant, Nashville, TN (US);
Pierre-francois Dominique D'haese, Nashville, TN (US);
Peter E. Konrad, Old Hickory, TN (US);
Benoit M. Dawant, Nashville, TN (US);
Pierre-Francois Dominique D'Haese, Nashville, TN (US);
Peter E. Konrad, Old Hickory, TN (US);
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A method for programming a deep brain stimulator implanted in a target region of a brain of a living subject. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of creating an efficacy atlas; acquiring a position of each electrode contact of the at least one electrode; mapping the acquired position of each electrode contact of the at least one electrode onto a corresponding position in the efficacy atlas so as to determine the efficacy of stimulation at the acquired position; and selecting one or more electrode contacts having the highest efficacy for stimulation.