Patent ID: 8706233
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: with a processor, controlling a stimulation generator to deliver a first electrical stimulation therapy to a patient, wherein the first electrical stimulation therapy comprises delivery of electrical stimulation at a first stimulation intensity to a first lateral side of a patient; after initiating delivery of the first electrical stimulation therapy, detecting a trigger event; and in response to detecting the trigger event, controlling, with the processor, the stimulation generator to deliver a second electrical stimulation therapy to the patient, wherein the second electrical stimulation therapy comprises electrical stimulation delivered substantially simultaneously to the first lateral side at a second stimulation intensity and a second lateral side of the patient at a third stimulation intensity, wherein the second and third stimulation intensities are each greater than or equal to a threshold stimulation intensity of the patient at which a threshold physiological response is evoked.