Patent ID: 8825166
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A device for treating a disorder of the central nervous system comprising: a conduit set containing at least one stimulation conduit including at least one probe; a stimulation subsystem for providing stimulation to the probe according to one of at least two candidate treatment protocols, with each protocol having at least one treatment parameter value; a control subsystem for controlling the stimulation subsystem, said control subsystem operating under a treatment program designed to provide alternation between the candidate treatment protocols; and, wherein the first candidate treatment protocol has a parameter value that is set to produce a stimulation characteristic that corresponds with a first characteristic of endogenous electrical activity of a patient, and the second candidate treatment protocol has a parameter value that is set to avoid stimulation that corresponds with the first characteristic of endogenous electrical activity of the patient, and stimulating with only the first protocol is likely to have an unwanted side effect, and whereby the alternating decreases the likelihood of producing this side-effect.