Patent ID: 6529774
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
A combination lead having multiple electrodes configured both to provide extradural electrical stimulation to an electrically sensitive region of a human body and to provide intracranial electrical stimulation to the brain, comprisinga.) an elongate member having a distal and a proximal end, b.) at least one or more electrodes located relatively distally on said elongate member for at least one of providing electrical stimulation to said human brain or sensing electrical activity in said brain, c.) at least one somatosensory stimulation electrode located relatively more proximal with respect to said distal at least one or more electrodes on said elongate member and further placed on and situated on said elongate member to provide electrical stimulation extradurally to said electrically sensitive region of a human body when said at least one distal electrode is in contact with said human brain, and d.) at least one contact for electrical connection to an implanted implantable neurostimulator central unit, said at least one contact located most proximal on said elongate member and equaling in number the sum of the at least one distal electrodes plus said at least one somatosensory stimulation electrode and each at least one contact is uniquely, electrically connected to a one of said at least one distal electrodes or said at least one somatosensory stimulation electrode.