SELECTIVE HIGH FREQUENCY SPINAL CORD MODULATION FOR INHIBITING PAIN WITH REDUCED SIDE EFFECTS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
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.
-
Citations
164 Claims
-
1-137. -137. (canceled)
-
138. A spinal cord stimulation system for providing pain relief to a patient, the system comprising:
-
a signal generator configured to generate an electrical therapy signal; a signal delivery device having one or more electrical contacts, wherein the signal delivery device is electrically coupleable to the signal generator, and wherein the signal delivery device is configured to deliver the electrical therapy signal to the patient'"'"'s spinal cord region; and a programmer configured to be in electrical communication with the signal generator, wherein the programmer includes programming functionality to select therapy signal parameters for generating two types of therapies, the first type being a paresthesia-inducing modulation therapy, and the second type being a non-paresthesia-inducing modulation therapy, wherein to generate a paresthesia-inducing modulation therapy, the therapy signal parameters include a paresthesia-inducing frequency of less than 1,500 Hz and a paresthesia-inducing amplitude between 3 mA and 10 mA, and wherein to generate a non-paresthesia-inducing modulation therapy, the therapy signal parameters include a non-paresthesia-inducing frequency between 1.5kHz and 50 kHz, and a non-paresthesia-inducing amplitude between 0.1 mA and 20 mA. - View Dependent Claims (139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164)
-
Specification