Method for optimizing search for spinal cord stimulation parameter settings
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1. A method for stimulating tissue using electrodes implanted within a patient, comprising:
- determining a maximum comfortable step size by gradually increasing a step size of test electrical energy transitions applied to the patient until the patient reports that an applied test electrical energy transition is uncomfortable;
determining a minimum step size;
selecting a step size that is between the maximum comfortable step size and the minimum step size; and
incrementally transitioning electrical energy between cathodic ones of the electrodes or incrementally transitioning electrical energy between anodic ones of the electrodes in immediately successive steps, wherein the magnitude of each of the incremental transitions of electrical energy in the immediately successive steps is equal to the selected step size.
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Abstract
A method for transitioning electrical energy in steps between electrodes implanted within a patient to stimulate tissue (e.g., spinal cord tissue) is provided. The method comprises determining a maximum comfortable step size, determining a minimum step size, selecting one or more step sizes between the maximum comfortable step size and the minimize step size, and transitioning the electrical energy between the electrodes using the selected one or more step sizes.
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1. A method for stimulating tissue using electrodes implanted within a patient, comprising:
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determining a maximum comfortable step size by gradually increasing a step size of test electrical energy transitions applied to the patient until the patient reports that an applied test electrical energy transition is uncomfortable; determining a minimum step size; selecting a step size that is between the maximum comfortable step size and the minimum step size; and incrementally transitioning electrical energy between cathodic ones of the electrodes or incrementally transitioning electrical energy between anodic ones of the electrodes in immediately successive steps, wherein the magnitude of each of the incremental transitions of electrical energy in the immediately successive steps is equal to the selected step size. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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