Patent ID: 9037261
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of providing therapy to a patient having a disorder using a receiver-stimulator implanted within a patient, an external controller inductively coupled to the receiver-stimulator via an electromagnetic link, and an electrode coupled to the receiver-stimulator and located adjacent a peripheral target neural region of the patient, the method comprising: transcutaneously transmitting data/power signals from the external controller to the receiver-stimulator via the electromagnetic link; and in response to the transmitted data/power signals, conveying electrical stimulation energy from the electrode that stimulates a first set of nerve endings in the peripheral target neural region, the first set of nerve endings being relatively far from the electrode, and increasing an activation threshold of a second set of nerve endings in the peripheral target neural region, thereby rendering the second set of nerve endings less excitable to the electrical stimulation energy, the second set of nerve endings being relatively near the electrode.