Patent ID: 11865347
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method performed using a system including control circuitry, a user-controlled input device and memory storing variable values defining a generalized ideal multipole, wherein the generalized ideal multipole multiple includes a reference ideal pole of a first polarity and a plurality of ideal poles of a second polarity, wherein the variable values define at least one of (1) one or more spatial relationships for at least one of the reference ideal pole or the plurality of ideal poles or (2) fractionalized values for the plurality of ideal poles, wherein the method includes:
generating directional control signals using the user-controlled device;
moving the generalized ideal multipole in response to the control signals by modifying, using the control circuitry, at least some of the variable values, and
instructing an electrical neurostimulator to convey electrical energy to the plurality of electrodes in accordance with the modified variable values.