SELECTIVE HIGH FREQUENCY SPINAL CORD MODULATION FOR INHIBITING PAIN WITH REDUCED SIDE EFFECTS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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Abstract
Selective high-frequency spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side effects and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In particular embodiments, high-frequency modulation in the range of from about 1.5 KHz to about 50 KHz may be applied to the patient'"'"'s spinal cord region to address low back pain without creating unwanted sensory and/or motor side effects. In other embodiments, modulation in accordance with similar parameters can be applied to other spinal or peripheral locations to address other indications.
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164 Claims
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1-137. -137. (canceled)
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138. An epidural spinal cord modulation system for treating back and/or leg pain of a patient without requiring paresthesia mapping of the patient to implant and configure the modulation system, the system comprising:
a programmer with user-selectable parameters for a therapy signal of a spinal cord modulator, wherein at least a portion of the therapy signal is a biphasic square-wave signal, with pulses having pulse widths in a pulse width range from 30 microseconds to 35 microseconds, and a current amplitude in a current amplitude range from 0.5 mA to 10 mA. - View Dependent Claims (139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146)
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147. An epidural spinal cord stimulation system for reducing or eliminating pain in a patient without using paresthesia to treat the patient, the system comprising:
a programmer with user-selectable parameters for a therapy signal of a spinal cord modulator, wherein at least a portion of the therapy signal is a biphasic square-wave signal, with pulses having pulse widths in a pulse width range from 25 microseconds to 166 microseconds, and a current amplitude that provides pain relief for the patient without generating paresthesia. - View Dependent Claims (148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157)
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158. An epidural spinal cord stimulation system for reducing or eliminating pain in a patient without using paresthesia to treat the patient, the system comprising:
a programmer with user-selectable parameters for a therapy signal of a spinal cord modulator, wherein at least a portion of the therapy signal is a biphasic square-wave signal, with pulses having pulse widths in a pulse width range from 25 microseconds to 166 microseconds and a current amplitude in a range from 0.5 mA to 10 mA, that provides pain relief for the patient without generating paresthesia. - View Dependent Claims (159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164)
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