Patent ID: 8170660
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61N

Abstract:
1. A neural modulation system comprising: a signal input structure configured to receive a signal indicative of an activity state of at least a portion of a body of a subject innervated by a peripheral neural structure; a signal processing portion configured to: distinguish a low activity state of the at least a portion of the body of the subject innervated by the peripheral neural structure from a higher activity state of the at least a portion of the body of the subject innervated by the peripheral neural structure from the signal received at the signal input structure; and generate a blocking stimulus control signal for driving production of a thermal blocking stimulus configured to reversibly block conduction in the peripheral neural structure of the subject during at least a portion of the low activity state; and a blocking stimulus source configured to produce a thermal blocking stimulus responsive to the blocking stimulus control signal.