Patent ID: 11938320
Assignee: SALUDA MEDICAL PTY LTD
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A non-transitory computer readable medium for estimating a distribution of fibres recruited by a stimulus, comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes performance of the following:
applying a stimulus via a stimulus electrode;
obtaining from at least two sense electrodes spaced apart along a neural pathway respective measurements of a compound action potential propagating along the neural pathway, wherein the compound action potential is an evoked compound action potential (ECAP) of the fibres recruited by the stimulus;
determining a conduction velocity of the compound action potential from a latency between the measurements, and determining from the conduction velocity a dominant recruited fibre diameter;
determining a rate of dispersion of the compound action potential between the sense electrodes, and determining from the rate of dispersion a distribution of diameters of the recruited fibre population.