CPC A61N 1/36146 (2013.01) [A61N 1/36003 (2013.01); A61N 1/36062 (2017.08); A61N 1/36067 (2013.01); A61N 1/36157 (2013.01); A61N 1/36171 (2013.01); A61N 1/36175 (2013.01); A61N 1/0553 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A system for neuromodulation or neurostimulation, for the treatment of a subject, comprising:
at least a stimulation controller;
at least a stimulation pattern storage drive which is connected to the stimulation controller and which comprises stimulation data, the stimulation pattern storage drive comprises:
at least one spatial stimulation pattern data storage module for the spatial component;
at least one temporal stimulation pattern data storage module for the temporal component; and
wherein the stimulation controller is capable of accessing the modules or reading out the modules independently from each other;
at least one electrical stimulation device; and
at least one electrical interface between the at least one electrical stimulation device and the subject, the at least one electrical interface being connectable with at least one bio-interface of or with a nervous system of the subject;
wherein the at least one electrical interface and the at least one bio-interface or the nervous system are arranged such that signals and/or data are exchanged from the electrical interface to the bio-interface or vice versa,
wherein the stimulation controller is capable to send configuration signals on a basis of the stimulation data to the at least one electrical stimulation device such that via the at least one electrical interface an electrical stimulation is provided to the bio-interface,
wherein the electrical stimulation provided is characterized by one or more stimulation parameters that vary over time in a pre-programmed manner;
wherein the stimulation data represent pre-programmed patterns which comprise at least a spatial component which is related to a part of the nervous system being stimulated and a temporal component which is related to a time at which the spatial component is applied; and
wherein the system is a combination of an open-loop stimulation and a closed-loop stimulation or may switch between the open-loop stimulation and the closed-loop stimulation.
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