Patent ID: 9265660
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61N,G09B,H04R

Claim Text:
1. A system for treating tinnitus comprising: a clinical controller executing tinnitus therapy software; a vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) implantable pulse generator (IPG) in communication with the clinical controller and receiving stimulation signals from the clinical controller; a VNS lead connected to the VNS IPG; a VNS electrode connected to the VNS lead and receiving stimulation signals through the VNS lead from the VNS IPG; and a sound generator connected to the clinical controller, wherein the clinical controller plays selected sound files through the sound generator while sending stimulation signals to the VNS IPG such that respective selected sounds of respective selected sound files may be heard by a patient while a stimulation pulse train at the VNS electrode causes the patient's vagus nerve to be stimulated, wherein the system is configured to receive input based on the patient's tinnitus frequency, and the selected sounds are therapeutic tones, and the system is configured to automatically play the therapeutic tones such that they are at least a half-octave above the patient's tinnitus frequency.