Asif J Rahman

US Patent:

20130184779, Jul 18, 2013

Filed:

Jan 13, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/350343

Inventors:

Marom Bikson - Brooklyn NY, US
Christoph Hahn - Hamburg, DE
Shiraz A. Macuff - Hollis NY, US
Preet Minhas - Richmond Hill NY, US
Asif Rahman - Woodside NY, US
Justin Keith Rice - Brooklyn NY, US

International Classification:

A61N 1/08
A61N 1/36

US Classification:

607 45, 607 63

Abstract:

Methods and systems for delivering voltage limited neurostimulation to a patient. In one aspect, a method includes initiating a flow of electrical current through a first electrode and a second electrode coupled to the patient and increasing the flow of electrical current toward a target value by increasing a voltage across the first electrode and second electrode. Prior to reaching the target value of electrical current, the method includes preventing the voltage across the first electrode and second electrode from increasing beyond a first predetermined limit; and subsequently, maintaining the voltage across the first electrode and second electrode at or within a predetermined range that does not exceed the first predetermined limit. The amplitude of the electrical current continues to increase toward the target value during at least part of a time when the voltage across the first electrode and the second electrode is maintained within the predetermined range.