EP2214774A1 - Vorrichtung zur stimulation des rückenmarks - Google Patents
Vorrichtung zur stimulation des rückenmarksInfo
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- EP2214774A1 EP2214774A1 EP08844623A EP08844623A EP2214774A1 EP 2214774 A1 EP2214774 A1 EP 2214774A1 EP 08844623 A EP08844623 A EP 08844623A EP 08844623 A EP08844623 A EP 08844623A EP 2214774 A1 EP2214774 A1 EP 2214774A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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- A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
- A61N1/00—Electrotherapy; Circuits therefor
- A61N1/02—Details
- A61N1/04—Electrodes
- A61N1/05—Electrodes for implantation or insertion into the body, e.g. heart electrode
- A61N1/0551—Spinal or peripheral nerve electrodes
- A61N1/0553—Paddle shaped electrodes, e.g. for laminotomy
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
- A61N1/00—Electrotherapy; Circuits therefor
- A61N1/18—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes
- A61N1/32—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents
- A61N1/36—Applying electric currents by contact electrodes alternating or intermittent currents for stimulation
- A61N1/3605—Implantable neurostimulators for stimulating central or peripheral nerve system
- A61N1/3606—Implantable neurostimulators for stimulating central or peripheral nerve system adapted for a particular treatment
- A61N1/36071—Pain
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- the invention relates to a device and a method for stimulation of the spinal cord by means of electrical stimulation signals.
- the invention relates to a stimulation device and a stimulation method for the treatment of pain disorders, angina pectoris and arterial occlusive disease.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a device 100 according to an embodiment
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic representation of a device 200 according to a further exemplary embodiment
- 3 is a schematic representation of a device 300 according to a further embodiment
- 4 is a schematic representation of stimulation signals applied by means of a plurality of stimulation contact surfaces
- FIG. 5 shows a schematic representation of sequences of pulse trains applied by means of a plurality of stimulation contact surfaces
- Fig. 7 is a schematic representation of a variation of the stimulation shown in Fig. 4.
- FIG. 8 shows a schematic representation of a further variation of the stimulation shown in FIG. 4;
- FIG. 9 shows a schematic illustration of a backbone stimulation unit 900 according to a further exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 10 shows a schematic representation of a backbone stimulation unit 1000 according to a further exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 11 is a schematic representation of a backbone stimulation unit 1100 according to a further embodiment
- FIG. 12 shows a schematic representation of a backbone stimulation unit 1200 according to a further exemplary embodiment
- FIG. 13 shows a schematic representation of an implanted spinal cord stimulation unit 2;
- FIG. 14A and 14B are schematic representations of an implanted device according to another embodiment.
- a device 100 is shown schematically.
- the device 100 comprises a generator unit 1 and a spinal cord stimulation unit 2 connected to the generator unit 1.
- the spinal cord stimulation unit 2 includes at least two stimulation contact surfaces.
- the spinal cord stimulation unit 2 has four stimulation contact surfaces 11, 12, 13 and 14.
- a first direction 3 and a substantially perpendicular thereto second direction 4 are further indicated.
- the stimulation contact surfaces 11 to 14 are offset along the direction 4, which is essentially the transverse direction to the course of the spinal cord.
- the generator unit 1 During operation of the device 100, the generator unit 1 generates stimulation signals which are input to the spinal cord stimulation unit 2 and delivered from the stimulation pads 11 to 14 to the spinal cord segments with which the respective stimulation pads 11 to 14 are in contact. With the stimulation contact surfaces 11 to 14 thus each different neurons are stimulated.
- the stimulation pads 11 to 14 are arranged in a row and spaced from each other.
- An alternative embodiment to this is shown in FIG. posed.
- the stimulation contact surfaces 11 to 14 are arranged in two rows and the stimulation contact surfaces 12 and 14 of the lower row are arranged along the direction 4 offset from the stimulation contact surfaces 11 and 13 of the upper row.
- the arrangement of the stimulation contact surfaces 11 to 14 makes it possible to separately stimulate the fibers of different segments of the spinal cord via the individual stimulation contact surfaces 11 to 14.
- the stimulation pads 11 to 14 may be arranged such that the stimulation signals applied to the fibers of the spinal cord are transmitted via the spinal cord to different target areas, e.g. in the spinal cord itself or in the brain, be forwarded. Consequently, by means of the devices 100 and 200 different target areas in the spinal cord and / or brain can be stimulated during the same stimulation period with possibly different and / or time-delayed stimuli.
- the devices 100 and 200 can be used in particular for the treatment of severe therapy-resistant pain disorders, angina pectoris and arterial occlusive disease, but also other diseases.
- Severe pain disorders can be caused by a disruption in the bioelectrical communication of neuronal assemblies that are joined together in specific circuits.
- a neuron population generates persistently pathological neuronal activity and associated pathological connectivity (network structure).
- a large number of neurons synchronously form action potentials, ie the participating neurons fire excessively synchronously.
- the diseased neuron population has an oscillatory neuronal activity, ie the neurons fire rhythmically.
- the mean frequency of the morbid rhythmic activity of the affected neuronal associations is approximately in the range of 1 to 20 Hz, but may also be outside this range. In healthy humans, however, the neurons fire qualitatively differently, eg in an uncontrolled way.
- Peripheral pain stimuli via the C and A ⁇ 2-fiber system are first in peripheral nerves to the spinal ganglion and from there via the posterior roots in the
- the switching zone i. the substantia gelatinosa, and thereby a blockade of pain management can be achieved.
- the staggered placement of the stimulation pads 11 to 14 transversely of the spinal cord, when stimulating the spinal cord, allows the detection of fibers derived from adjacent segments. This significantly increases the "accuracy" of the procedure, i.e., the influence on the spinal cord segments that correspond somatotopically to the distribution of the spatial pain distribution.Furthermore, the different segments of the spinal cord can be separately stimulated.
- the devices 100 and 200 can be operated, for example, in a so-called "open loop” mode, in which the generator unit 1 generates predetermined stimulation signals and these are delivered to the spinal cord via the stimulation contact surfaces 11 to 14. Furthermore, the devices 100 or 200 are also developed into a device 300 shown in FIG. 3, which represents a so-called "closed loop” system.
- the device 300 additionally contains a measuring unit 5, which receives measurement signals from nerve cells and forwards them to the generator unit 1. It can be provided that the generator unit 1 generates the stimulation signals on the basis of the measuring signals recorded by the measuring unit 4.
- the measuring unit 4 can be implanted in the form of one or more sensors in the body of the patient.
- the sensors can be embodied, for example, as electrodes for measuring neuronal and / or vegetative activity, in particular as intracerebral electrodes, epicortical electrodes or subcutaneous electrodes.
- the physiological activity in the stimulated target area or an associated area can be measured.
- an on-demand stimulation can be performed by the generator unit 1.
- the generator unit 1 detects the presence and / or the expression of one or more pathological features on the basis of the measurement signal recorded by the measuring unit 5.
- the amplitude or the amount of neural activity can be measured and compared with a predetermined threshold.
- the generator unit 1 can be designed so that a stimulation of one or more of the above-mentioned target areas is started as soon as the predetermined threshold value is exceeded.
- the intensity of the stimulation signals can be set by the generator unit 1 on the basis of the severity of the diseased features.
- one or more threshold values can be predetermined, and when the amplitude or the magnitude of the measurement signal exceeds a certain threshold value, the generator unit 1 adjusts a specific strength of the stimulation signals.
- the measurement signals recorded by the measuring unit 5 are used directly or optionally after one or more processing steps as stimulation signals and are fed by the generator unit 1 into the spinal cord stimulation unit 2.
- the measurement signals can be amplified and, if appropriate after mathematical calculation (eg after mixing of the measurement signals) with a time delay and linear and / or nonlinear computation steps and combinations processed and fed into at least one stimulation contact surface of the spinal cord stimulation unit 2.
- the billing mode is chosen so that the pathological neuronal activity is counteracted and the stimulation signal also disappears with decreasing morbid neuronal activity or at least significantly reduced in its strength.
- the spinal cord stimulation unit 2 feeds stimulation signals into the spinal cord which, when they are conducted via the spinal cord to a neuron population with a pathologically synchronous and oscillatory activity, reset, in the neuron population, a so-called reset, the phase of neuronal activity of the neuron cause stimulated neurons.
- the phase of the stimulated neurons is set to a specific phase value, eg 0 °, independently of the current phase value.
- the phase of neuronal activity of the diseased neuron population is controlled by targeted stimulation.
- the diseased neuron population whose neurons were previously synchronous and active at the same frequency and phase, is split into several subpopulations. Within a subpopulation, the neurons continue to be in sync and continue to fire at the same pathological frequency, but each of the subpopulations exhibits the phase imposed by the stimulus on their neuronal activity.
- the condition created by the stimulation is unstable with at least two subpopulations, and the entire neuron population is rapidly approaching a more complete state Desynchronization in which the neurons fire uncorrelated.
- the desired state that is to say the complete desynchronization, is thus not immediately available after application of the stimulation signals via the spinal cord stimulation unit 2, but usually occurs within a few periods or even less than one period of the pathological frequency.
- the ultimately desired desynchronization is made possible by the pathologically increased interaction between the neurons.
- a self-organization process is used, which is responsible for the morbid synchronization. It also causes a division of a total population into subpopulations with different phases followed by desynchronization. In contrast, without pathologically enhanced interaction of the neurons, no desynchronization would occur.
- stimulation with devices 100 to 300 reorganizes the connectivity of the disordered neural networks to provide long-lasting therapeutic effects.
- stimulation signals were used instead of the stimulation signals with which the phases of the stimulated neurons can be controlled, for example high-frequency, continuously applied high-frequency pulse trains, the long-lasting therapeutic effects described above might not be achieved, which would result in lasting effects and would have to be stimulated with comparatively high currents.
- Electrostimulation of the spinal cord can cause unpleasant dysaesthesias or paresthesia (painful discomfort) in the patient or be accompanied by severe pain, especially when the epidural (ie between the hard skin around the spinal cord and the bony spinal canal) placed in Contact with nerve roots is coming. The misperceptions are the stronger the higher the voltage or current used. Due to the comparatively low energy input into the spinal cord described above and the often very quickly achieved stimulation results, with the devices 100 to 300, the dys- or paraesthesia associated with the stimulation can be considerably reduced.
- stimulation signals that cause a phase reset of neurons can be delivered in a time-delayed manner via the different stimulation contact surfaces 11 to 14 to the respective stimulated segments of the spinal cord.
- the stimulation signals may be e.g. phase-shifted or applied with different polarity, so that they also result in a delayed reset of the phases of the different subpopulations.
- FIG. 4 A stimulation method suitable for the purposes described above, which can be carried out, for example, with one of the devices 100 to 300, is shown in FIG. presented.
- the stimulation signals 400 applied via the stimulation contact surfaces 11 to 14 are plotted against the time t.
- each of the stimulation contact surfaces 11 to 14 periodically applies the stimulation signal 400 to the respective segment of the spinal cord.
- the frequency f 1 at which the stimulation signals 400 are repeated per stimulation contact surface 11 to 14 may be in the range of 1 to 30 Hz and in particular in the range of 5 to 20 Hz, but may also be smaller or larger.
- the delivery of the stimulation signals 400 via the individual stimulation contact surfaces 11 to 14 takes place with a time delay between the individual stimulation contact surfaces 11 to 14. For example, the beginning of temporally successive and from different stimulation contact surfaces 11 to 14 14 applied stimulation signals at a time AT j1 -, +! be postponed.
- the time delay ⁇ T 3 , j + i between any two consecutive stimulation signals 400 may, for example, be in the range of one element of the period 1 / f ⁇ . In the embodiment shown in Fig. 4, the time delay AT 3 , -, + i then 1 / (4 xf ⁇ ).
- the frequency fi can be, for example, in the range of the mean frequency of the pathologically rhythmic activity of the target network.
- the mean frequency is typically in the range of 1 to 20 Hz, but may also be outside this range.
- the frequency with which the affected neurons fire synchronously in the diseases mentioned is usually not constant, but may well have variations and also shows individual deviations in each patient.
- the stimulation breaks the vicious circle (circulus vitiosus), consisting of pain that causes sympathetic activation, thereby causing vasoconstriction, which in turn causes pain. Furthermore, stimulation is believed to have a desynchronizing effect on sympathetic cells of the spinal cord lateral strand
- a stimulation signal 400 may be a pulse train consisting of a plurality of individual pulses 401, as shown in FIG.
- the pulse trains 400 can each consist of 1 to 100, in particular 2 to 10, electric charge-balanced individual pulses 401.
- the pulse trains 400 are used e.g. applied as a sequence with up to 20 or more pulse trains. Within a sequence, the pulse trains 400 are repeated at the frequency fi in the range of 1 to 30 Hz.
- a pulse train 400 consisting of three individual pulses 401 is shown in FIG.
- the individual pulses 401 are repeated at a frequency f 2 in the range from 50 to 500 Hz, in particular in the range from 100 to 150 Hz.
- the individual pulses 401 may be current- or voltage-controlled pulses which are composed of an initial pulse component 402 and a pulse component 403 flowing in the opposite direction, the polarity the two pulse components 402 and 403 can also be interchanged with respect to the polarity shown in FIG.
- the duration 404 of the pulse component 402 is in the range between 1 ⁇ s and 450 ⁇ s.
- the amplitude 405 of the pulse component 402 is in the range between 0 mA and 25 mA in the case of current-controlled pulses and in the range of 0 to 20 V in the case of voltage-controlled pulses.
- the amplitude of the pulse component 403 is less than the amplitude 405 of the pulse component 402 the duration of the pulse portion 403 is longer than that of the pulse portion 402.
- the pulse portions 402 and 403 are ideally dimensioned such that the charge transferred through them is equal in both pulse portions 402 and 403, ie hatched in FIG Plotted areas are the same size. As a result, a single pulse 401 introduces as much charge into the tissue as it removes from the tissue.
- the rectangular shape of the individual pulses 401 shown in FIG. 6 represents an ideal shape. Depending on the quality of the electronics generating the individual pulses 401, the ideal rectangular shape is deviated from.
- the generator unit 1 can, for example, also generate differently configured stimulation signals, e.g. continuous over time
- the time delay Ti, j + i between two consecutive stimulation signals 400 does not necessarily always have to be the same. It may well be provided that the time intervals between the individual stimulation signals 400 differ. be chosen. Furthermore, the delay times can also be varied during the treatment of a patient. The delay times with regard to the physiological signal propagation times can also be adjusted.
- pauses may be provided during which no pacing occurs. Such a pause is shown by way of example in FIG. 7.
- pauses can be maintained after any number of stimulations.
- a stimulation may be performed during n consecutive periods of length Ti followed by a pause during m periods of length Ti without stimulation, where n and m are small integers, e.g. ranging from 1 to 10.
- This scheme can either be continued periodically or stochastically and / or deterministically, e.g. chaotic, to be modified.
- a further possibility of deviating from the strictly periodic stimulation pattern shown in FIG. 4 is to vary the temporal sequence of the individual stimulation signals 400 stochastically or deterministically or mixed stochastically-deterministically.
- sequence in which the stimulation contact surfaces 11 to 14 apply the stimulation signals 400 can be varied per period Ti (or else in other time steps), as shown by way of example in FIG. 8.
- This variation can be stochastic or deterministic or mixed stochastic-deterministic.
- stimulation contact surfaces 11 to 14 can be used for stimulation per period T x (or in another time interval) and the stimulation contact surfaces involved in the stimulation can be used be varied in each time interval. This variation can also be stochastic or deterministic or mixed stochastically deterministic.
- All of the stimulation forms described above can also be carried out in a "closed loop" mode by means of the device 300.
- the start time and the length of the pause can, for example, be selected on demand.
- the stimulation is started by the patient, for example by a telemetric activation.
- the patient may e.g. by means of an external transmitter stimulation for a given period of time e.g. Activate for 5 minutes or the patient can start and stop the stimulation automatically.
- FIG. 9 schematically shows the front view of an electrode 900, which can be used, for example, as a spinal cord stimulation unit 2.
- the electrode 900 consists of an electrically insulated electrode shaft 901 and at least two stimulation contact surfaces 902, which have been introduced into the electrode shaft 901.
- the stimulation contact surfaces 902 are made of an electrically conductive material, for example a metal, and are located after the implantation in direct electrical contact with the nerve tissue of the spinal cord.
- Each of the stimulation contact surfaces 902 can be activated via its own supply line, or the recorded measurement signals can be dissipated via the supply lines.
- the supply lines are not shown in Fig. 9. It can also be provided that two or more of the stimulation contact surfaces 902 are activated via a single supply line.
- the electrode 900 in the present example has four rows of stimulation pads 902. In the implanted state, the cattle 3 essentially the course of the spinal cord. Each of the four rows has three stimulation pads 902 spaced along the second direction 4.
- Fig. 9 The embodiment shown in Fig. 9 is to be understood as an example only.
- the number of rows and the number of stimulation pads 902 per row can be chosen differently.
- the electrode tip 903, i. one end of the electrode 900 along the direction 3 is rounded to avoid damage to the tissue.
- the electrode 900 may be percutaneous, i. via a puncture of the epidural space, to be minimally inva- sively implanted.
- the surface of the electrode 900 shown in FIG. 9 may be planar or bent. After implantation, all stimulation pads 902 should be in contact with the spinal cord tissue.
- the electrode 900 can also be used as a measuring unit 5. In this case, measurement signals are recorded via at least one of the contact surfaces 902.
- the stimulation pads 902 may be connected to the generator unit 1 via cables or via telemetric connections.
- the length of the electrode 900 (in direction 3) is for example 2.5 to 4 cm and the transverse diameter of the electrode 900 (in direction 4) is for example 1 to 4 mm.
- the width of the stimulation contact surfaces 902 is, for example, 0.3 to 1 mm, the length, for example, 2 to 3 mm.
- the distances between the stimulation contact surfaces 902 of a row in the direction 4 are, for example, 0.1 to 0.5 mm, the distances between the spaced-apart rows in the direction 3 are, for example, 0.1 to 1 mm. Both the number and the arrangement of the stimulation contact surfaces 902 can be selected differently from the embodiment shown in FIG. 9.
- the stimulation contact surfaces 902 are offset and spaced within a row.
- the staggered arrangement of the stimulation contact surfaces 902 in the direction 4 across the course of the spinal cord makes it possible to separately stimulate different fibers of the spinal cord, which conduct the depth sensitivity.
- the geometry of the stimulation contact surfaces 902 can be selected differently from FIG. 9.
- the stimulation pads 902 need not be rectangular in shape, but may be e.g. have a round or other geometric shape.
- FIG. 10 A variation of the electrode 900 is shown in FIG.
- the stimulation pads 902 of the lower two rows of the electrode 1000 shown schematically in FIG. 10 are offset from the stimulation pads 902 of the upper two rows.
- the stimulation pads 902 of the lower two rows are each located centrally between two upper rows of stimulation pads 902. It can be provided that the electrode 1000 has further stimulation contact surfaces 902 and that the pattern shown in FIG. 10 is periodically continued.
- the lower two rows may be equipped with a smaller number of stimulation pads 902.
- bipolar stimulation is effected in each case via two stimulation contact surfaces 902 arranged one above the other in adjacent rows. By corresponding hatching in Fig. 10, two such pairs are marked.
- FIG. 11 shows a schematic drawing of the front view of a multicontact electrode 1100 implanted by means of hemilaminectomy (partial removal of the vertebral arches) or laminectomy (removal of the vertebral arches) under microscopic control and fixed directly on the hard meninges.
- the length of the electrode 1100 is e.g. 2.5 to 4 cm.
- the transverse diameter of the electrode 1100 is e.g. 7 to 12 mm.
- the individual stimulation contact surfaces 902 may be configured as in the case of the electrode 900 shown in FIG. 9. In FIG. 9, four rows of stimulation pads 902 are shown.
- multi-contact electrode 1100 may include any number of rows of stimulation pads 902, e.g. 6 or 8 rows.
- FIG. 12 the front view of an electrode 1200 is shown in which two rows of stimulation pads 902 are offset from other rows.
- the lower two rows can be offset by half a horizontal contact distance from the upper two rows in order to be able to target the individual horizontal, ie with half the horizontal spatial resolution better, by half. to stimulate spinal cord components belonging to different parts of the body. It does not matter whether the top or bottom rows are offset.
- two pairs of stimulation contact surfaces are marked by different hatching, via which each pair can be stimulated bipolar.
- FIG. 13 shows a schematic cross section through the cervical cord and the position of a spinal cord stimulation unit 2.
- the spinal cord stimulation unit 2 for example one of the electrodes 900 to 1200, lies in the epidural space 911, i. between the hard-skin bag (dura mater) 912 and the connective-tissue lining of the bone canal 910. Between the spinal cord stimulation unit 2 and the spinal cord 914 is the liquor-filled subarachnoid space 913 bounded by the meninges that surrounds the spinal cord 914.
- the stimulation contact surfaces 902 arranged perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the spinal cord stimulation unit 2 reach at a height a plurality of adjacent spinal segments 915 to 918 which - as shown schematically - can reach a large part of the fibers rising from all spinal cord segments in the case of the cervical cord.
- the arrows 915 to 918 symbolize the medial to lateral fibrous layers of the sacral medulla 915, the lumbar medulla 916, the thoracic medulla 917 and the sacral medulla 918.
- the upper lumbar and the lower thoracic medulla which are most frequently considered for spinal cord stimulation, one reaches a height with this arrangement not only the fibers from the actual pain area, but also additional fibers from the adjacent segments.
- FIGs 14A front view of the patient whose left and right body halves are labeled "L” and “R” respectively) and 14B (rear view of the patient), the device 100 (or 200) is shown during its intended operation.
- the generator unit 1 is located in a subcutaneous pocket between the fascia and the skin.
- the scar 7 to the opera- ' tive introduction of the generator unit 1 is located approximately 3 to 4 cm below the left costal arch 6.
- the generator unit 3 is connected via one or more connecting cable 8 with the spinal cord stimulation unit 2.
- the spinal cord stimulation unit 2 is located, for example, in the lower cervical region 9 or in the lower thoracic region 10.
- the connecting cables 8 run under the skin to the generator unit 1, if necessary they are connected to the generator unit 1 via a connector.
- a percutaneous (skin-guiding) stimulus extension may be provided for the test phase after the implantation of the spinal cord stimulation unit 2 and before the implantation of the generator unit 1.
- the device 900 still contains at least one sensor.
- the generator unit 1 can contain control electronics which implement the stimulation methods.
- the generator unit 1 may have a long-life battery or a rechargeable battery.
- the generator unit 1 may be a semi-implant with an energy source located outside the body. Controls may be located in this embodiment both in the implanted part and in the external part of the semi-implant.
- the generator unit 1 may have a safety circuit which causes safety limits known to those skilled in the art, e.g. a maximum compatible charge entry, be complied with.
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