Patent ID: 7228179
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for stimulating living tissue(s) with an electrical neurostimulator, the method comprising: maintaining a plurality of stimulation sets of stimulation parameters with each set of stimulation parameters defining at least a pulse characteristic and an electrode configuration in memory of the neurostimulator; maintaining a repetition parameter for at least one of the plurality of stimulation sets in memory of the neurostimulator, wherein the repetition parameter identifies a number of times that a pulse is to be repeated in a consecutive manner for the at least one stimulation set; and stimulating living tissue(s) using a substantially continuous set of pulses wherein the stimulating includes (i) successively selecting a stimulation set from the plurality of stimulation sets in a cyclical manner; (ii) generating a pulse according to the pulse characteristic of the selected stimulation set; and (iii) delivering the generated pulse to living tissue(s) through electrodes according to the electrode configuration of the selected stimulation set; wherein the stimulating repeats the generating and delivering for the at least one of the plurality of stimulation sets according to the repetition parameter in a consecutive manner.