Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1996-04-25
1998-02-03
Kamm, William E.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
607 67, A61N 100
Patent
active
057139229
ABSTRACT:
A method of controlling a volume of neural tissue stimulation with electrodes placed in the intraspinal tissue, on the surface of the brain or deep in the brain in which first, second and third electrodes are implanted in or adjacent to the desired neural tissue. Anode/cathode relationships are established between the electrodes and pulses are presented to the electrodes so that fibers or cell bodies in said neural tissue are activated. Amplitude and/or pulse width of the pulses are varied to steer the locus of cell body or axon activation.
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Evanisko George R.
Kamm William E.
Medtronic Inc.
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