SPINAL CORD MODULATION FOR INDUCING PARESTHETIC AND ANESTHETIC EFFECTS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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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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89 Claims
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61. A system for treating patient pain, comprising:
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an implantable signal delivery device having a plurality of electrodes configured to be implanted within a patient'"'"'s epidural space, proximate to one or more target neural populations in the patient'"'"'s spinal cord; and a pulse generator having a controller programmed with instructions for; generating and delivering to the signal delivery device bursts of first electrical pulses having a frequency in a first frequency range of from 1.5 kHz to 50 kHz, to create an anesthetic, non-paresthetic effect in the patient; and generating and delivering to the signal delivery device second electrical pulses having a frequency in a second frequency range of from 2 Hz to 1.2 kHz to create a paresthetic effect in the patient, wherein the second electrical pulses include a single second pulse during an interval between sequential bursts of the first electrical pulses. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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78. A spinal cord stimulation system, comprising:
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an implantable signal delivery device having at least one electrode configured to deliver one or more electrical therapy signals to one or more target neural populations in a patient'"'"'s spinal cord; and a pulse generator configured to; generate bursts of first electrical pulses having a frequency in a first frequency range of from 1.5 kHz to 100 kHz, to create an anesthetic, non-paresthetic effect in the patient; and generate second electrical pulses having a frequency in a second frequency range of from 2 Hz to 1.2 kHz to create a paresthetic effect in the patient, wherein the second electrical pulses are delivered to the spinal cord during an interval between sequential bursts of the first electrical pulses. - View Dependent Claims (79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89)
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