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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Nathan A. Torgerson, Andover, MN (US);
Lynn A. Davenport, New Brighton, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
One or more efficacious electrode combinations for delivering electrical stimulation therapy to a patient may be selected based on the delivery of electrical stimulation to the patient via a predefined set of test electrode combinations in a predetermined order. In some examples, the electrode combinations of the set are arranged in the predetermined order such that adjacent electrode combinations in the order include at least one shared anode electrode or cathode electrode. In addition, the electrode combinations in the predetermined order may define a predetermined sequence of electrode patterns, each electrode pattern defining a relative arrangement between one or more anodes and one or more cathodes of the respective electrode pattern. In some examples, the transition between electrode combinations in the predefined set is achieved by incrementally adjusting at least one of anodic amplitudes assigned to active anode electrodes or cathodic amplitudes assigned to active cathode electrodes.