Patent ID: 11918811
Assignee: MEDTRONIC SG, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. An electromagnetic stimulation system comprising:
memory for storing a plurality of signal parameter programs;
a selection device for selecting one of the plurality of signal parameter programs;
a signal generator controllable by one of the plurality of signal parameter programs and configured for simultaneously generating at least one glial stimulation signal and at least one neuronal stimulation signal different than the at least one glial stimulation signal; and
an output unit configured for connecting the glial stimulation and neuronal stimulation signals to first and second electrode arrays, respectively, already provided to a subject;
wherein the electromagnetic stimulation system is configured to simultaneously provide the at least one glial stimulation signal and at least one neuronal stimulation signal generated by the signal generator in accordance with one of the signal parameter programs to the first and second electrode arrays, respectively, via the output unit for modulating the activity of glial cells of the subject with the at least one glial stimulation electric signal and for modulating the activity of neurons of the subject with the at least neuronal stimulation electric field,
wherein one of the glial stimulation and neuronal stimulation electric signals comprises a plurality of component signals multiplexed, in a time domain, to the respective electrode array to which the glial stimulation and neuronal stimulation signals are provided.