Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1997-03-07
1998-08-11
Jastrzab, Jeffrey R.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
600554, A61N 132, A61B 505
Patent
active
057922128
ABSTRACT:
There is provided a measurement system for measuring signals evoked in response to stimulus pulses applied to a nerve, muscle or like physiological portion of a patient. The measurement system is characterized by delivering stimulus pulses at randomly generated intervals, and enabling the sense circuitry to track the timing of the stimulus pulse generation so as to aid in discriminating the evoked response pattern from surrounding noise. Specifically, after each stimulus pulse a delay is timed out for a time corresponding to the expected latency between the delivered pulse and the arrival of the evoked response at another location. The delay signal is then used to initiate time out of a window which controls operation of the sensing circuit for a window duration corresponding to when the evoked response pattern is appearing. Limiting the sensing operation to the window duration enables tracking of the response pattern, and minimizes power consumption. The sensed evoked response signals are further processed to provide control signals for adjustment of the delay and window, thereby optimizing the sensing operation. The measurement system is suitably part of a larger implantable stimulus system, which includes the ability to adjust pulse-to-pulse interval, or rate, and also pulse output level as a function of measured evoked response patterns. In a further embodiment, the stimulus system involves steering of stimulus pulses to selected nerve fibers or muscle tissue, and the measurement system provides feedback for adjusting the steering parameters.
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Jaro Michael J.
Jastrzab Jeffrey R.
Medtronic Inc.
Patton Harold
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