Extended pain relief via high frequency spinal cord modulation, and associated systems and methods
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1. A method for programming a spinal cord stimulation system to treat pain in a patient, comprising:
- programming a pulse generator to;
generate a non-paresthesia-producing neural modulation signal having a signal frequency in a frequency range of from 1.5 kHz to 100 kHz; and
direct the neural modulation signal to a dorsal horn of the patient via an implantable signal delivery device, thereby desensitizing one or more wide dynamic range neurons in the dorsal horn.
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Abstract
Extended pain relief via high frequency spinal cord modulation, and associated systems and methods. A method for treating a patient in accordance with a particular embodiment includes selecting a neural modulation site to include at least one of a dorsal root entry zone and dorsal horn of the patient'"'"'s spinal cord, and selecting parameters of a neural modulation signal to reduce patient pain for a period of time after ceasing delivery of the signals, the period of time being at least one tenth of one second.
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1. A method for programming a spinal cord stimulation system to treat pain in a patient, comprising:
programming a pulse generator to; generate a non-paresthesia-producing neural modulation signal having a signal frequency in a frequency range of from 1.5 kHz to 100 kHz; and direct the neural modulation signal to a dorsal horn of the patient via an implantable signal delivery device, thereby desensitizing one or more wide dynamic range neurons in the dorsal horn. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A patient therapy system, comprising:
a pulse generator programmed to; generate a non-paresthesia-producing neural modulation signal having a signal frequency in a frequency range of from 1.5 kHz to 100 kHz; and direct the neural modulation signal to a dorsal horn of the patient via an implantable signal delivery device, wherein the neural modulation signal is configured to desensitize one or more wide dynamic range neurons in the dorsal horn. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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