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 affects 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 chord region to address low back pain without creating unwanted sensory and/or motor side affects. 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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138. A spinal cord modulation system for programming a signal generator to deliver a therapy signal to a patient'"'"'s spinal cord, to at least partially alleviate a patient'"'"'s sensation of pain without using paresthesia or tingling to mask the patient'"'"'s sensation of pain, wherein the signal generator is configured to deliver the therapy signal to the patient'"'"'s spinal cord region via one or more implantable signal delivery devices, the system comprising:
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an implantable signal generator having executable instructions to generate an electrical therapy signal, wherein the therapy signal is a bi-phasic electrical signal having a plurality of electrical pulses having a pulse width between 33 microseconds and 100 microseconds, and an amplitude between 0.5 mA and 10 mA, which at least partially reduces the patient'"'"'s sensation of pain without generating paresthesia. - View Dependent Claims (139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146)
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147. A spinal cord modulation system for programming a pulse generator to deliver a therapy signal to a patient'"'"'s spinal cord region via at least one implantable signal delivery device, the system comprising:
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an implantable pulse generator configured to generate an electrical therapy signal, wherein the therapy signal is a bi-phasic electrical signal having a plurality of electrical pulses having a pulse width between 25 microseconds and 166 microseconds, and an amplitude between 0.5 mA and 10 mA, which at least partially reduces a patient'"'"'s sensation of pain without generating paresthesia. - View Dependent Claims (148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155)
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156. A spinal cord modulation system for programming a signal generator to deliver a therapy signal to a patient'"'"'s spinal cord, to at least partially alleviate a patient'"'"'s sensation of pain without using paresthesia or tingling to mask the patient'"'"'s sensation of pain, wherein the signal generator is configured to deliver the therapy signal to the patient'"'"'s spinal cord region via one or more implantable signal delivery devices, the system comprising:
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a signal generator having executable instructions to generate an electrical therapy signal, wherein the therapy signal is a biphasic electrical signal having a plurality of electrical pulses having a pulse width between 10 microseconds and 333 microseconds, and at an amplitude between 0.5 mA and 10 mA, which that at least partially reduces the patient'"'"'s sensation of pain without generating paresthesia. - View Dependent Claims (157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164)
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