Patent US10201707

implanting an implantable stimulator into a patient;

implanting a lead into the patient, the lead having a MEMS film comprising: a plurality of traces defined in a first metal layer; a first barrier layer disposed on at least a portion of the first metal layer and defining a plurality of through-holes; and a plurality of electrodes defined in a second metal layer, the plurality of electrodes coupled with the plurality of traces through the plurality of through-holes;

driving the lead toward a first target area in the patient, wherein the first target area comprises one of a first, a second, a third, or a fourth gyms of an anterior insular cortex; a superior-anterior insula; an inferior-anterior insula; an anterior-anterior insula; a posterior-anterior insula; a large insular gyms of a posterior insula; a superior-posterior insula; or an inferior-posterior insula;

generating, by the implantable stimulator, an electrical signal; and

delivering the electrical signal to the first target area via at least one of the plurality of electrodes.