Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Entrainment of bioelectrical brain signals
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Application No.: US13446801Application Date: 2012-04-13
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Publication No.: US09878161B2Publication Date: 2018-01-30
- Inventor: Jianping Wu , Steven L. Jensen , Dwight E. Nelson
- Applicant: Jianping Wu , Steven L. Jensen , Dwight E. Nelson
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61N1/00
- IPC: A61N1/00 ; A61N1/36

Abstract:
The disclosure relates to the delivery of electrical stimulation therapy to the brain of a patient, e.g., to treat or otherwise manage a patient disorder. In one example, the disclosure relates to a method comprising generating electrical stimulation via a medical device; delivering the electrical stimulation at a first frequency to a brain of a patient when the bioelectrical brain signals of the patient oscillate at a second frequency, where the second frequency corresponds to pathological brain signals of the patient, where the electrical stimulation is selected to entrain the bioeiectrical brain signals of the patient; and adjusting the delivered electrical stimulation from the first frequency to a third frequency, where adjusting the delivered electrical stimulation changes the bioelectrical brain signal oscillations to a fourth frequency different from the second frequency. The fourth frequency may correspond to an oscillation frequency of non-pathological brain signals of the patient.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120277820A1 ENTRAINMENT OF BIOELECTRICAL BRAIN SIGNALS Public/Granted day:2012-11-01
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