SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING AN IMPLANTABLE SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating programming of an implantable pulse generator (IPG) by an external programming device, the method comprising:
- receiving input from a user by the external programming device to program electrode combinations at a plurality of locations along one or more stimulation leads implanted within the epidural space of a patient;
controlling the IPG by the external programmer to apply stimulation to the patient via the electrode combinations;
receiving input from a user by the external programming device that indicates values of a respective perception stimulation threshold at each location of the plurality of locations;
receiving input from a user by the external programming device that indicates values of a respective bilateral stimulation threshold at each location of the plurality of locations;
calculating positions by the external programming device of each of the plurality of locations using the perception stimulation thresholds and the bilateral stimulation thresholds; and
displaying calculated positions of the plurality of locations relative to a physiological midline of the patient'"'"'s spinal cord by the external programming device.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for facilitating programming of an implantable pulse generator (IPG) by an external programming device, the method comprises: receiving input from a user by the external programming device to calibrate electrode combinations at a plurality of locations along one or more stimulation leads implanted within the epidural space of a patient; controlling the IPG by the external programmer to apply stimulation to the patient via the electrode combinations; receiving input from a user by the external programming device that indicates values of a respective perception stimulation threshold at each location of the plurality of locations; receiving input from a user by the external programming device that indicates values of a respective bilateral stimulation threshold at each location of the plurality of locations; calculating positions by the external programming device of each of the plurality of locations using the perception stimulation thresholds and the bilateral stimulation thresholds; and displaying calculated positions of the plurality of locations relative to a physiological midline of the patient by the external programming device.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating programming of an implantable pulse generator (IPG) by an external programming device, the method comprising:
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receiving input from a user by the external programming device to program electrode combinations at a plurality of locations along one or more stimulation leads implanted within the epidural space of a patient; controlling the IPG by the external programmer to apply stimulation to the patient via the electrode combinations; receiving input from a user by the external programming device that indicates values of a respective perception stimulation threshold at each location of the plurality of locations; receiving input from a user by the external programming device that indicates values of a respective bilateral stimulation threshold at each location of the plurality of locations; calculating positions by the external programming device of each of the plurality of locations using the perception stimulation thresholds and the bilateral stimulation thresholds; and displaying calculated positions of the plurality of locations relative to a physiological midline of the patient'"'"'s spinal cord by the external programming device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for facilitating programming of an implantable pulse generator (IPG) by an external programming device, the method comprising:
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receiving input from a user by the external programming device to apply stimulation using electrode combinations at a plurality of locations along one or more stimulation leads implanted within the epidural space of a patient; controlling the IPG by the external programming device to apply stimulation to the patient via the electrode combinations; receiving input from a user by the external programming device that is indicative of bodily sub-regions in which a stimulation response is experienced by the patient in response to stimulation via the electrode combinations; calculating positions by the external programming device of each of the plurality of locations using the received input by comparing stimulation response sub-regions on a left side of the patient relative to stimulation response sub-regions on a right side of the patient; and displaying calculated positions of the plurality of locations relative to a physiological midline of the patient'"'"'s spinal cord by the external programming device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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