Multiprogrammable tissue stimulator and method
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Abstract
An electronic stimulation system is used to control pain over multiple regions of a patient'"'"'s body. The system has one or more percutaneous leads, each having multiple electrodes, implanted within the patient'"'"'s epidural space parallel to the axis of the spinal cord. The leads are connected to either a totally implanted system or a radio frequency system. The system is able to treat pain over different regions of a patient'"'"'s body by “simultaneously” stimulating the patient with at least three different stimulation settings. “Simultaneous” stimulation involves sequentially stimulating the patient with the multiple stimulation settings such that the patient receives the cumulative effect of each stimulation setting, while not perceiving the transition from one stimulation setting to another.
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46 Claims
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27. An implant device adapted to be implanted within a body, the implant device comprising:
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a plurality of setting data registers, each setting data register operable for storing a stimulation setting that defines a stimulation;
selection means for selecting one of the stored stimulation settings; and
circuitry for controlling and generating electrical pulses in accordance with the selected stimulation setting, and wherein operation of the implant device may be changed through selection of a different stored stimulation setting. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An implant device adapted to be implanted within a body, the implant device comprising:
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a plurality of setting data registers, each setting data register operable for storing a stimulation setting that defines a stimulation;
selection means for selecting a first one of the stored stimulation settings and selecting a second one of the stored stimulation settings; and
circuitry for controlling and generating electrical pulses in accordance with the first stimulation setting when selected and for controlling and generating electrical pulses in accordance with the second stimulation setting when selected. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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36. A tissue stimulating system comprising:
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at plurality of registers, each register operable for storing an independent stimulation setting that defines a stimulation;
selection means for independently selecting a first one of the stored stimulation settings and a second one of the stored stimulation settings; and
circuitry for administering a combination of stimulating settings including the selected first stimulation setting and the selected second stimulation setting thereby controlling and generating a first stimulation in accordance with the selected first stimulation setting and controlling and generating a second stimulation in accordance with the second stimulation setting. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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