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Patent US7937157 - Electrical nerve stimulation based on channel specific sequences - Google Patents
A method of activating at least two electrodes in a multichannel electrode array using channel specific sampling sequences is presented. A channel specific sampling sequence is defined for each electrode, the sequence having a particular duration, pulse amplitude distribution, and number of pulses. A...http://www.google.com/patents/US7937157?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7937157 - Electrical nerve stimulation based on channel specific sequences
Publication number US7937157 B2
Application number US 11/685,887
Also published as CA2382964A1, CA2382964C, DE60036875D1, DE60036875T2, EP1207938A1, EP1207938B1, EP1854504A2, EP1854504A3, EP1854504B1, EP2208507A1, EP2208507B1, US6594525, US7209789, US8798758, US9566434, US20030105504, US20070156202, US20110230934, US20140324122, WO2001013991A1
Publication number 11685887, 685887, US 7937157 B2, US 7937157B2, US-B2-7937157, US7937157 B2, US7937157B2
Patent Citations (27), Non-Patent Citations (45), Referenced by (5), Classifications (9), Legal Events (3)
US 7937157 B2
r ( t ) = 0 , for t < a , and r ( t ) = 1 - exp ( - t - t a τ ) , for t > t a , ( 1 )
( x 1 x 2 x 3 ⋯ x N - 2 x N - 1 x N ) = H ( y 1 y 2 y 3 ⋯ y N - 2 y N - 1 y N ) , ( 2 )
H = ( 1 ⅇ - d λ ⅇ - 2 d λ ⋯ ⅇ - ( N - 3 ) d λ ⅇ - ( N - 2 ) d λ ⅇ - ( N - 1 ) d λ ⅇ - d λ 1 ⅇ - d λ ⋯ ⅇ - ( N - 4 ) d λ ⅇ - ( N - 3 ) d λ ⅇ - ( N - 2 ) d λ ⅇ - 2 d λ ⅇ - d λ 1 ⋯ ⅇ - ( N - 5 ) d λ ⅇ - ( N - 4 ) d λ ⅇ - ( N - 3 ) d λ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⅇ - ( N - 3 ) d λ ⅇ - ( N - 4 ) d λ ⅇ - ( N - 5 ) d λ ⋯ 1 ⅇ - d λ ⅇ - 2 d λ ⅇ - ( N - 2 ) d λ ⅇ - ( N - 3 ) d λ ⅇ - ( N - 4 ) d λ ⋯ ⅇ - d λ 1 ⅇ - d λ ⅇ - ( N - 1 ) d λ ⅇ - ( N - 2 ) d λ ⅇ - ( N - 3 ) d λ ⋯ ⅇ - 2 d λ ⅇ - d λ 1 ) , ( 3 )
( y 1 y 2 y 3 ⋯ y N - 2 y N - 1 y N ) = H - 1 ( x 1 x 2 x 3 ⋯ x N - 2 x N - 1 x N ) , ( 4 )
H ( z ) = 1 ( 1 - α z - 1 ) + - 1 ( 1 - α - 1 z - 1 ) , ( A3 )
H ( z ) = ( α + 1 α ) ( z + 1 - ( α + 1 α ) + z - 1 ) . ( A4 )
Y ( z ) = 1 ( α + 1 α ) ( z + 1 - ( α + 1 α ) + z - 1 ) X ( z ) . ( A7 )
y n = 1 ( α + 1 α ) - ( δ n - 1 ( α + 1 α ) δ n + δ n - 1 ) * x n , ( A8 )
y n = 1 ( α + 1 α ) - ( x n - 1 ( α + 1 α ) x n + x n - 1 ) , ( A9 )
( y 1 y 2 y 3 ⋯ y N - 2 y N - 1 y N ) = H - 1 ( x 1 x 2 x 3 ⋯ x N - 2 x N - 1 x N ) , ( A12 )
b 0 = 1 ( 1 α - α ) 1 α , b = 1 ( 1 α - α ) ( α + 1 α ) , and a = 1 ( 1 α - α ) . ( A14 )
0 = - ax k 0 ′ + bx k 0 + 1 ′ - ax k 0 + 2 ′ 0 = - ax k 0 ′ + bx k 0 + 1 ′ - ax k 0 + 2 ′ … … 0 = - ax k 0 + L - 3 ′ + bx k 0 + L - 2 ′ - ax k 0 + L - 1 ′ 0 = - ax k 0 + L - 2 ′ + bx k 0 + L - 1 ′ - ax k 0 + L . ( A17 )
( x k 0 ′ x k 0 + 1 ′ x k 0 + 2 ′ ⋯ x k 0 + L - 3 ′ x k 0 - L - 2 ′ x k 0 + L - 1 ′ ) = 1 a Q L - 1 ( x k 0 - 1 0 0 ⋯ 0 0 x k 0 + L ) ( A18 )
Q L = 1 a 2 ( b - a 0 ⋯ 0 0 0 - a b - a ⋯ 0 0 0 0 - a b ⋯ 0 0 0 ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ 0 0 0 ⋯ b - a 0 0 0 0 ⋯ - a b - a 0 0 0 ⋯ 0 - a b ) . ( A19 )
x k 0 ′ = c ( L ) a x k 0 - 1 + d ( L ) a x k 0 + L , and x k 0 + L - 1 ′ = d ( L ) a x k 0 - 1 + c ( L ) a x k 0 + L , ( A20 )
y k 0 - 1 ′ = - ax k 0 - 2 + bx k 0 - 1 - ax k 0 ′ = = - ax k 0 - 2 + ( b - c ( L ) ) x k 0 - 1 - d ( L ) x k 0 - L , and y k 0 + L ′ = - ax k 0 + L - 1 ′ + bx k 0 + L - ax k 0 + L + 1 = = - d ( L ) x k 0 - 1 + ( b - c ( L ) ) x k 0 + L - ax k 0 + L - 1 . ( A21 )
( x 1 ′ x 2 ′ ⋯ x L ′ ) = ( α L x L + 1 α L - 1 x L + 1 ⋯ α x L + 1 ) . ( A22 )
( x k 0 ′ x k 0 - 1 ′ ⋯ x N ′ ) = ( α x k 0 - 1 α 2 x k 0 - 1 ⋯ α L x k 0 - 1 ) . ( A23 )
( y 3 ′ y 4 ′ y 5 ′ y 8 ′ y 12 ′ ) = ( b 0 - a 0 0 0 - a b - a 0 0 0 - a b - c ( 2 ) - d ( 2 ) 0 0 0 - d ( 2 ) b - c ( 2 ) - c ( 3 ) - d ( 3 ) 0 0 0 - d ( 3 ) b 0 - c ( 3 ) ) ( x 3 x 4 x 5 x 8 x 12 ) . ( A25 )
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International Classification A61N1/08, A61N1/36, A61F11/00
Cooperative Classification A61N1/36036, H04R2225/67, A61N1/0541, A61N1/36032