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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2011
Dwight E. Nelson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Jianping Wu, Shoreview, MN (US);
Jonathon E. Giftakis, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Mark T. Rise, Monticello, MN (US);
Dwight E. Nelson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Jianping Wu, Shoreview, MN (US);
Jonathon E. Giftakis, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Mark T. Rise, Monticello, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
In some examples, an arousal network of a brain of a patient can be activated to modify the arousal state of the patient, which may be useful in treating a cognitive disorder of the patient. In some examples, a bioelectrical brain signal indicative of electrical activity in a first portion of the brain is monitored to determine whether the patient is in a first arousal state, and, in response to determining the patient is in the first arousal state, electrical stimulation is delivered to a second portion of the brain to activate an arousal neural network in the first portion of the brain to induce a second arousal state to treat the cognitive disorder, where the second arousal state is different than the first arousal state.