Selective high frequency spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side effects, and associated systems and methods
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1. A spinal cord stimulation system, comprising:
- a signal generator programmable to generate an electrical therapy signal;
an implantable signal delivery device, wherein the signal delivery device is electrically coupleable to the signal generator to receive the electrical therapy signal from the signal generator and deliver the electrical therapy signal to a patient'"'"'s spinal cord region; and
a programmer wirelessly coupleable to the signal generator,wherein the programmer includes programming instructions contained in memory, and that, in response to an input, select between at least first and second sets of therapy signal parameters,wherein the first set of therapy signal parameters generates a paresthesia-inducing electrical therapy signal with a first frequency of less than 1.2 kHz, and wherein the second set of therapy signal parameters generates a non-paresthesia-inducing electrical therapy signal with a second frequency in a frequency range from 1.5 kHz to 50 kHz, and a pulse width in a pulse width range of 10 microseconds to 333 microseconds.
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Abstract
Selective high-frequency spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side affects and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In particular embodiments, a programmer has instructions that, in response to an input, select between at least first and second sets of therapy signal parameters, the first set including a frequency of less than 1.2 kHz and generating a paresthesia-inducing electrical therapy signal, and the second set including a frequency in a range from 1.5 kHz to 50 kHz and generating a non-paresthesia-inducing electrical therapy signal.
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1. A spinal cord stimulation system, comprising:
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a signal generator programmable to generate an electrical therapy signal; an implantable signal delivery device, wherein the signal delivery device is electrically coupleable to the signal generator to receive the electrical therapy signal from the signal generator and deliver the electrical therapy signal to a patient'"'"'s spinal cord region; and a programmer wirelessly coupleable to the signal generator, wherein the programmer includes programming instructions contained in memory, and that, in response to an input, select between at least first and second sets of therapy signal parameters, wherein the first set of therapy signal parameters generates a paresthesia-inducing electrical therapy signal with a first frequency of less than 1.2 kHz, and wherein the second set of therapy signal parameters generates a non-paresthesia-inducing electrical therapy signal with a second frequency in a frequency range from 1.5 kHz to 50 kHz, and a pulse width in a pulse width range of 10 microseconds to 333 microseconds. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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