Patent Document ID: 7949401
Application ID: 11697694
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for treating neuronal tissue of a patient using electrical stimulation, comprising: identifying a location of an infarct region having dysfunctional neuronal tissue that was subjected to a reduced oxygen supply; based at least in part on the location of the infarct region, identifying an affected region having low morbidity tissue, the affected region including neuronal tissue that, at least during a pre-infarct period, was in neural communication with the dysfunctional neuronal tissue in the infarct region, wherein neuronal tissue in the affected region has reduced neural signal transmission as a result of tissue loss at the infarct region; implanting at least one electrode at least on, near or adjacent the affected region; selecting a first set of stimulation parameters such that the neuronal tissue in the affected region is stimulated during a post-acute, pre-chronic period relative to the onset of damage to the low-morbidity neuronal tissue in the affected region; and selecting a second set of stimulation parameters such that the neuronal tissue in the affected region is stimulated during a chronic period once the onset of damage to the low-morbidity neuronal tissue has occurred; and controlling a pulse generator to generate electrical pulses and to apply electrical pulses to the patient through the electrode according to the first and second set of stimulation parameters.