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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING AN IMPLANTABLE SPINAL CORD STIMULATION SYSTEM

  • US 20100305660A1
  • Filed: 05/28/2010
  • Published: 12/02/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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