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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2010
Warren L. Starkebaum, Plymouth, MN (US);
Roland C. Maude-griffin, Edina, MN (US);
Elizabeth D. Firestone, St. Paul, MN (US);
Carl A. Schu, Plymouth, MN (US);
Orhan Soykan, Shoreview, MN (US);
Warren L. Starkebaum, Plymouth, MN (US);
Roland C. Maude-Griffin, Edina, MN (US);
Elizabeth D. Firestone, St. Paul, MN (US);
Carl A. Schu, Plymouth, MN (US);
Orhan Soykan, Shoreview, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
In some examples, the disclosure relates to a systems, devices, and techniques for delivering electrical stimulation therapy to a patient. In one example, the disclosure relates to a method including delivering a series of pulses with alternating pulse polarities to a gastrointestinal tract of a patient. The series of pulses includes at least a first pulse of a first polarity, a second pulse of a second polarity, and a third pulse of the first polarity, where the first, second and third pulses are delivered in direct succession and in that order. The first and second pulses are separated by a first time delay and the second and third pulses are separated by a second time delay. In some examples, each of the first and second time delays depend on the frequency that the series of pulses are delivered.