Patent ID: 11878173
Assignee: DUKE UNIVERSITY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 21:
22. A method of treating Parkinson's disease in a human being comprising
applying a non-regular pattern of electrical stimulation comprising a frequency range of between 100 Hz and 200 Hz to a human being via an implanted lead, wherein the non-regular pattern of stimulation comprises differing inter-pulse intervals between the pulses;
measuring oscillatory or synchronous activity in the human being;
quantitatively assessing how thalamus transmitted motor commands are generated based upon the applied non-regular pattern of electrical stimulation; and
generating a subsequent non-regular pattern of electrical stimulation based on the measured oscillatory or synchronous activity wherein the subsequent non-regular pattern of electrical stimulation comprise a plurality of pulses having non-regular; non-random, differing inter-pulse intervals between the pulses.