US 11,691,015 B2
System for neuromodulation
Karen Minassian, Vienna (AT); Fabien Wagner, Lausanne (CH); and Grégoire Courtine, Lausanne (CH)
Assigned to Onward Medical N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by ONWARD MEDICAL N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/33,431.
Application 17/033,431 is a continuation of application No. 15/989,726, filed on May 25, 2018, granted, now 10,799,702.
Claims priority of application No. 17178950 (EP), filed on Jun. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0016093 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01)
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.