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Methods and systems for treating osteoarthritis

  • US 7,610,100 B2
  • Filed: 12/30/2005
  • Issued: 10/27/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treating a patient with osteoarthritis, said method comprising:

  • implanting a system control unit at least partially within said patient;

    configuring one or more stimulation parameters to treat osteoarthritis;

    programming said system control unit with said one or more stimulation parameters;

    generating a stimulus configured to treat said osteoarthritis with said system control unit in accordance with said one or more stimulation parameters; and

    applying said stimulus to a stimulation site within said patient;

    wherein said stimulation site comprises at least one or more of an artery supplying a joint affected by said osteoarthritis, a spinal cord, a spinal segment supplying somatic sensation at said affected joint, a spinal segment supplying sympathetic control of said affected joint, a sympathetic ganglia, a nucleus gracilis, a nucleus cuneatis, a cranial nerve, a deep brain location, a hypothalamus, a thalamus, and a motor cortex;

    wherein said system control unit is coupled to one or more electrodes disposed on an outer surface of said system control unit; and

    wherein said stimulus comprises a stimulation current delivered to said stimulation site via said electrodes.

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