Neuromodulation with burst stimulation
First Claim
1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by a machine operably connected to electrodes positioned proximate to dorsal horn tissue or nerve root tissue, cause the machine to:
- modulate the dorsal horn tissue or the nerve root tissue by delivering modulation energy using the electrodes to promote a uniform modulation field along a span of a lead where the span includes at least two of the electrodes, wherein the delivered modulation energy includes pulse trains of at least two pulses, and wherein the uniform modulation field includes a constant E field, a constant |E| field or a constant V field in the dorsal horn tissue or the nerve root tissue along the span of the lead.
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Abstract
An example of a system may include electrodes on at least one lead configured to be operationally positioned for use in modulating neural tissue where the neural tissue including dorsal horn tissue or nerve root tissue, a neural modulation generator, and a controller. The neural modulation generator may be configured to use at least some electrodes to generate a modulation field. The neural modulation generator maybe configured to use a programmed modulation parameter set to promote uniformity of the modulation field in the dorsal horn tissue. The controller may be configured to control the neural modulation generator to generate the modulation field in pulse trains of at least two pulses.
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20 Claims
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1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by a machine operably connected to electrodes positioned proximate to dorsal horn tissue or nerve root tissue, cause the machine to:
modulate the dorsal horn tissue or the nerve root tissue by delivering modulation energy using the electrodes to promote a uniform modulation field along a span of a lead where the span includes at least two of the electrodes, wherein the delivered modulation energy includes pulse trains of at least two pulses, and wherein the uniform modulation field includes a constant E field, a constant |E| field or a constant V field in the dorsal horn tissue or the nerve root tissue along the span of the lead. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by a machine operably connected to electrodes positioned proximate to dorsal horn, cause the machine to:
modulate the dorsal horn tissue using the electrodes to promote a constant electric field in the dorsal horn tissue along the electrodes in pulse trains of at least two pulses with a pulse train duration of less than 100 ms according to a programmed modulation parameter set that includes fractionalized current settings for controlling anodic or cathodic current contributions of the electrodes to promote the constant electric field in the dorsal horn tissue. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A system operably connectable to electrodes positioned proximate to dorsal horn tissue or nerve root tissue, the system comprising:
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a neural modulation generator configured to use at least some of the electrodes to promote a uniform modulation field in the dorsal horn tissue or the nerve root tissue according to a programmed modulation parameter set that includes fractionalized current settings for controlling anodic or cathodic current contributions of the electrodes to promote the uniform modulation field; and a controller configured to control the neural modulation generator to generate the modulation field in pulse trains of at least two pulses. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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