System and method for stimulating peripheral nerves to treat pain
First Claim
1. A system for stimulating peripheral nerves in a painful upper chest region of a person'"'"'s body to treat pain, comprising:
- electrodes adapted to be implanted in tissue proximate a network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful upper chest region and to deliver electrical stimulation pulses to the network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful upper chest region; 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 upper chest region to relieve pain in the painful upper chest region, the stimulation pulses being specifically tailored to relieve pain in the painful upper chest region.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a system for stimulating peripheral nerves in a painful upper chest region of a person'"'"'s body 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 upper chest region and to deliver electrical stimulation pulses to the network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful upper chest 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 upper chest region to relieve pain in the painful upper chest region. The stimulation pulses are specifically tailored to relieve pain in the painful upper chest region. In a more particular embodiment, the painful upper chest region is a region of a woman'"'"'s upper chest that has experienced trauma as a result of a mastectomy.
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1. A system for stimulating peripheral nerves in a painful upper chest region of a person'"'"'s body to treat pain, 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 upper chest region and to deliver electrical stimulation pulses to the network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful upper chest region; 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 upper chest region to relieve pain in the painful upper chest region, the stimulation pulses being specifically tailored to relieve pain in the painful upper chest region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for stimulating peripheral nerves in a painful upper chest region of a person'"'"'s body 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 upper chest region, the stimulation pulses being specifically tailored to relieve pain in the painful upper chest region; 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 upper chest region to deliver the stimulation pulses to the network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful upper chest region to relieve pain in the painful upper chest region. - 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 upper chest region 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 upper chest region such that the electrodes are operable to deliver electrical stimulation pulses to the network of peripheral nerve fibers located in and innervating the painful upper chest region to relieve pain in the painful upper chest region; 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 upper chest region to relieve pain in the painful upper chest region, the stimulation pulses being specifically tailored to relieve pain in the painful upper chest region. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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