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Patent US7966073 - Differential neurostimulation therapy driven by physiological therapy - Google Patents
An implantable neurostimulator system adapted to provide therapy for various neurological disorders is capable of varying therapy delivery strategies based on the context, physiological or otherwise, into which the therapy is to be delivered. Responsive and scheduled therapies can be varied depending...http://www.google.ca/patents/US7966073?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7966073 - Differential neurostimulation therapy driven by physiological therapy
Publication number US7966073 B2
Application number US 11/436,191
Also published as US8224452, US8423145, US8934980, US9451891, US20020169485, US20060212093, US20110218591, US20120253417, US20130184780, US20150087934, US20160361547, US20160367814
Publication number 11436191, 436191, US 7966073 B2, US 7966073B2, US-B2-7966073, US7966073 B2, US7966073B2
Inventors Benjamin D. Pless, Thomas K. Tcheng
Patent Citations (93), Non-Patent Citations (30), Referenced by (10), Classifications (31), Legal Events (3)
US 7966073 B2
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International Classification A61N1/00, A61N1/36, A61M5/142
Cooperative Classification A61B5/0031, A61N1/0539, A61N1/36135, A61N1/0531, A61B5/0006, A61N1/36139, A61N1/36067, A61N1/0529, A61B5/14546, A61B5/14542, A61B5/04012, A61B5/4812, A61B5/0488, A61B5/021, A61B5/026, A61B5/743, A61B5/0476, A61B5/076, A61B5/0022, A61B5/4836, A61B5/686, A61M5/14276, A61N1/36078, A61N1/36064
European Classification A61N1/36, A61M5/142P10, A61N1/36Z