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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Gabriela C. Molnar, Fridley, MN (US);
Maciej T. Lazarewicz, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4893 (2013.01); A61B 5/04001 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 5/7225 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 5/7475 (2013.01); A61N 1/3605 (2013.01); A61N 1/36146 (2013.01); A61N 1/37247 (2013.01); A61N 1/36182 (2013.01); A61N 1/36185 (2013.01);
Abstract
A visualization of an area or volume of tissue activated during stimulation according to a set of stimulation parameters is generated. The area or volume of activation is modeled based on a non-uniform grid of model neurons. Select portions of the grid have the model neurons more closely spaced, resulting in finer resolution graphical representation, while less closely spaced model neurons in other portions of the grid may avoid additional computation time.