US 12,005,250 B2
Techniques for sensing incorrect lead connection to an implantable stimulator device
Kelsey Bower, Cleveland Heights, OH (US); G. Karl Steinke, Valencia, CA (US); Hemant Bokil, Santa Monica, CA (US); and Ara Sarian, Burbank, CA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/387,405.
Application 17/387,405 is a continuation of application No. 16/128,131, filed on Sep. 11, 2018, granted, now 11,083,887.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/568,111, filed on Oct. 4, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/557,640, filed on Sep. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353936 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/08 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0551 (2013.01) [A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/0534 (2013.01); A61N 1/36 (2013.01); A61N 1/36071 (2013.01); A61N 1/36135 (2013.01); A61N 1/37211 (2013.01); A61N 1/3752 (2013.01); A61B 5/407 (2013.01); A61N 2001/083 (2013.01); A61N 1/36062 (2017.08); A61N 1/36067 (2013.01); A61N 1/36082 (2013.01); A61N 1/36125 (2013.01); A61N 1/36171 (2013.01); A61N 1/362 (2013.01); A61N 1/37241 (2013.01); A61N 1/37247 (2013.01); A61N 1/3956 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A system for assessing a lead comprising a distal end with N electrodes and a plurality I of proximal terminals, the system comprising:
an implantable stimulator device (ISD) comprising a plurality of ports, wherein each proximal terminal of the lead is connected to a different one of the ports, each port comprising a plurality of J=N/I device contacts each coupled to one of the electrodes, wherein the ISD is configured to
provide stimulation at each of the N electrodes, and
measure a parameter at each of the N electrodes in response to the stimulation of each of the N electrodes thus yielding N*N measured parameters; and
an external device in communication with the ISD, wherein the external device is configured to
receive the measured parameters,
determine expected parameters for the measured parameters, and
compare the measured parameters and the expected parameters to determine which of the proximal terminals is connected to which of the ports on the ISD.