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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2010
Applicants:
W. Douglas Sheffield, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew D. Firlik, Greenwich, CT (US);
Inventors:
W. Douglas Sheffield, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew D. Firlik, Greenwich, CT (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The following disclosure describes several methods and apparatus for electrical stimulation to treat or otherwise effectuate a change in neural-functions of a patient. For example, the method can include selecting a stimulation site by generating an intended neural activity by triggering a neural signal in or from the impaired body part and detecting a region of the brain in which a response neural activity occurs in reaction to the neural signal.