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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2012
Marom Bikson, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Christoph Hahn, Hamburg, DE;
Shiraz A. Macuff, Hollis, NY (US);
Preet Minhas, Richmond Hill, NY (US);
Asif Rahman, Woodside, NY (US);
Justin Keith Rice, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Marom Bikson, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Christoph Hahn, Hamburg, DE;
Shiraz A. Macuff, Hollis, NY (US);
Preet Minhas, Richmond Hill, NY (US);
Asif Rahman, Woodside, NY (US);
Justin Keith Rice, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Research Foundation of the City University of New York, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for delivering voltage limited neurostimulation to a patient. In one aspect, a method includes initiating a flow of electrical current through a first electrode and a second electrode coupled to the patient and increasing the flow of electrical current toward a target value by increasing a voltage across the first electrode and second electrode. Prior to reaching the target value of electrical current, the method includes preventing the voltage across the first electrode and second electrode from increasing beyond a first predetermined limit; and subsequently, maintaining the voltage across the first electrode and second electrode at or within a predetermined range that does not exceed the first predetermined limit. The amplitude of the electrical current continues to increase toward the target value during at least part of a time when the voltage across the first electrode and the second electrode is maintained within the predetermined range.