SPINAL CORD MODULATION FOR INDUCING PARESTHETIC AND ANESTHETIC EFFECTS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
First Claim
1. A method for treating a patient, comprising:
- creating a therapeutic effect and a sensation in a patient by delivering to the patient first pulses having a first set of first signal delivery parameters and second pulses having a second set of second signal delivery parameters, wherein a first value of at least one first parameter of the first set is different than a second value of a corresponding second parameter of the second set, and wherein the first pulses, the second pulses or both the first and second pulses are delivered to the patient'"'"'s spinal cord.
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Abstract
Spinal cord modulation for inducing paresthetic and anesthetic effects, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A representative method in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure includes creating a therapeutic effect and a sensation in a patient by delivering to the patient first pulses having a first set of first signal delivery parameters and second pulses having a second set of second signal delivery parameters, wherein a first value of at least one first parameter of the first set is different than a second value of a corresponding second parameter of the second set, and wherein the first pulses, the second pulses or both the first and second pulses are delivered to the patient'"'"'s spinal cord.
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60 Claims
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1. A method for treating a patient, comprising:
creating a therapeutic effect and a sensation in a patient by delivering to the patient first pulses having a first set of first signal delivery parameters and second pulses having a second set of second signal delivery parameters, wherein a first value of at least one first parameter of the first set is different than a second value of a corresponding second parameter of the second set, and wherein the first pulses, the second pulses or both the first and second pulses are delivered to the patient'"'"'s spinal cord. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for treating a patient, comprising:
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creating a therapeutic, non-paresthetic effect in a patient by delivering, to a target neural population at the patient'"'"'s spinal cord, first pulses having a first set of first signal delivery parameters; and creating a sensation in the patient by delivering, to the spinal cord, second pulses having a second set of second signal delivery parameters, wherein a first value of at least one first parameter of the first set is different than a second value of a corresponding second parameter of the second set. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for treating a patient, comprising:
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creating an anesthetic, non-paresthetic effect in a patient by delivering, to a target neural population at the patient'"'"'s spinal cord, first pulses having a first set of first signal delivery parameters, wherein the anesthetic effect of the first pulses is undetected by the patient and/or produces a reduction or elimination of pain in the patient; creating a patient-detectable paresthetic effect in the patient concurrent with the anesthetic, non-paresthetic effect by delivering, to the patient'"'"'s spinal cord, second pulses having a second set of second signal delivery parameters, wherein a first value of at least one first parameter of the first set is different than a second value of a corresponding second parameter of the second set; and based on patient feedback to the second pulses, changing the first signal delivery parameters. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for treating a patient, comprising:
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creating an anesthetic, non-paresthetic effect in a patient by delivering, to a target neural population at the patient'"'"'s spinal cord, first pulses having a first set of first signal delivery parameters, wherein the anesthetic effect of the first pulses is undetected by the patient and/or produces a reduction or elimination of pain in the patient; providing an indication of a strength of the first pulses by creating a patient-detectable paresthetic effect in the patient, wherein creating the paresthetic effect includes delivering, to the patient'"'"'s spinal cord, second pulses having a second set of second signal delivery parameters, and wherein a strength of the second pulses is correlated with a strength of the first pulses, and wherein a first value of at least one first parameter of the first set is different than a second value of a corresponding second parameter of the second set; and changing the strengths of the first and second pulses in a parallel manner. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for treating a patient, comprising:
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creating an anesthetic, non-paresthetic effect in a patient by delivering, to a target neural population at the patient'"'"'s spinal cord, first pulses having a first set of first signal delivery parameters, wherein the anesthetic effect of the first pulses is undetected by the patient and/or produces a reduction or elimination of pain in the patient; creating a patient-detectable paresthetic effect in the patient by delivering, to the patient'"'"'s spinal cord, second pulses having a second set of second signal delivery parameters, wherein a first value of at least one first parameter of the first set is different than a second value of a corresponding second parameter of the second set; changing amplitudes of the first and second pulses in parallel; and identifying a fault with the delivery of the first pulses based in least in part on the presence or absence of patient response to the changing amplitude of the second pulses. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method for treating a patient, comprising:
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creating an anesthetic, non-paresthetic effect in a patient by delivering, to a target neural population at the patient'"'"'s spinal cord, first pulses having a first set of first signal delivery parameters; and based on a request from the patient, supplementing the anesthetic, non-paresthetic effect in the patient with a patient-detectable paresthetic effect by delivering, to the patient'"'"'s spinal cord, second pulses having a second set of second signal delivery parameters, wherein a first value of at least one first parameter of the first set is different than a second value of a corresponding second parameter of the second set. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method for treating a patient, comprising:
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in a patient who previously received paresthesia-inducing pulses from a first implanted spinal cord modulator, implanting a second spinal cord modulator; and using the second spinal cord modulator to; create an anesthetic, non-paresthetic effect in the patient by delivering first pulses having a first set of first signal delivery parameters to a target neural population at the patient'"'"'s spinal cord; and create a patient-detectable paresthetic effect in the patient by delivering, to the patient'"'"'s spinal cord, second pulses having a second set of second signal delivery parameters, wherein a first value of at least one first parameter of the first set is different than a second value of a corresponding second parameter of the second set, and wherein the paresthetic effect emulates the paresthesia-inducing pulses from the first implanted spinal cord modulator. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52)
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53. A patient treatment system, comprising:
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a signal delivery device having a plurality of electrodes configured to be implanted within a patient, proximate to one or more target neural populations at the patient'"'"'s spinal cord; an implantable pulse generator having a controller programmed with instructions for; directing first pulses to the signal delivery device to create an anesthetic, non-paresthetic effect in the patient, the first pulses having a first set of first signal delivery parameters; and directing second pulses to the signal delivery device to create a paresthetic effect in the patient, the second pulses having a second set of second signal delivery parameters, wherein a first value of at least one first parameter of the first set is different than a second value of a corresponding second parameter of the second set. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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