System and method for stimulating peripheral nerves to treat pain
First Claim
1. A system for stimulating peripheral nerves in a painful region of a person'"'"'s limb, comprising:
- electrodes adapted to be implanted in tissue proximate a network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful region of the limb and to deliver electrical stimulation pulses to the network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful region of the limb; and
an electrical stimulation source adapted for implantation into the person'"'"'s body and operable to generate electrical stimulation pulses for transmission to the electrodes for delivery to the network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful region of the limb to relieve pain in the painful region of the limb, the stimulation pulses being specifically tailored to relieve pain in the painful region of the limb.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a system for stimulating peripheral nerves in a painful region of a person'"'"'s limb is provided. The system includes stimulation electrodes adapted to be implanted in tissue proximate a network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful region of the person'"'"'s limb and to deliver electrical stimulation pulses to the network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful region. The system also includes a stimulation source adapted for implantation into the person'"'"'s body and operable to generate electrical stimulation pulses for transmission to the electrodes for delivery to the network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful region of the person'"'"'s limb to relieve pain in the painful region. The stimulation pulses are specifically tailored to relieve pain in the painful region. In a more particular embodiment, the painful region is a region of an arm, leg, hand, or foot that has experienced trauma.
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1. A system for stimulating peripheral nerves in a painful region of a person'"'"'s limb, comprising:
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electrodes adapted to be implanted in tissue proximate a network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful region of the limb and to deliver electrical stimulation pulses to the network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful region of the limb; and
an electrical stimulation source adapted for implantation into the person'"'"'s body and operable to generate electrical stimulation pulses for transmission to the electrodes for delivery to the network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful region of the limb to relieve pain in the painful region of the limb, the stimulation pulses being specifically tailored to relieve pain in the painful region of the limb. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for stimulating peripheral nerves in a painful region of a person'"'"'s limb to treat pain, comprising:
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using an electrical stimulation source implanted in a person'"'"'s body, generating electrical stimulation pulses for transmission to electrodes implanted in tissue proximate a network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful region of the limb, the stimulation pulses being specifically tailored to relieve pain in the painful region of the limb; and
in response to the electrical stimulation pulses transmitted from the stimulation source implanted in the person'"'"'s body, using the plurality of electrodes implanted in tissue proximate the network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful region of the limb to deliver the stimulation pulses to the network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful region of the limb to relieve pain in the painful region of the limb. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 21, 22)
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14. A method of implanting into a person'"'"'s body a system for stimulating peripheral nerves in a painful region of a person'"'"'s limb to treat pain, comprising:
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implanting electrodes in tissue proximate a network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful region of the limb such that the electrodes are operable to deliver electrical stimulation pulses to the network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful region of the limb to relieve pain in the painful region of the limb; and
implanting an electrical stimulation source into the person'"'"'s body operable to generate electrical stimulation pulses for transmission to the electrodes for delivery to the network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful region of the limb to relieve pain in the painful region of the limb, the stimulation pulses being specifically tailored to relieve pain in the painful region of the limb. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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