Muscle stimulator
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1. A method of treating a patient'"'"'s back comprising:
- implanting within the patient'"'"'s back a lead having one or more electrodes and a fixation anchor;
anchoring the lead in or adjacent to tissue associated with local segmental control of the lumbar spine, consisting of at least one of nervous tissue, a ligament or a joint capsule;
implanting an internally powered pulse generator;
programming the pulse generator to rehabilitate function of one or more of the multifidus, transverse abdominus, quadratus lumborum, psoas major, internus abdominus, obliquus externus abdominus, and erector spinae muscles;
delivering, according to the programming, electrical stimulation from the pulse generator to nervous tissue associated with segmental control of the lumbar spine via the one or more electrodes, thereby improving lumbar spine stability.
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Abstract
An implantable medical device for treating the back of a patient. Stimulation energy is delivered to muscles or joint capsules or ligaments or nerve fibers to improve the heath of the back.
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1. A method of treating a patient'"'"'s back comprising:
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implanting within the patient'"'"'s back a lead having one or more electrodes and a fixation anchor; anchoring the lead in or adjacent to tissue associated with local segmental control of the lumbar spine, consisting of at least one of nervous tissue, a ligament or a joint capsule; implanting an internally powered pulse generator; programming the pulse generator to rehabilitate function of one or more of the multifidus, transverse abdominus, quadratus lumborum, psoas major, internus abdominus, obliquus externus abdominus, and erector spinae muscles; delivering, according to the programming, electrical stimulation from the pulse generator to nervous tissue associated with segmental control of the lumbar spine via the one or more electrodes, thereby improving lumbar spine stability. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of treating a patient'"'"'s back comprising:
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implanting a plurality of electrodes in or adjacent to tissue associated with local segmental control of the lumbar spine consisting of at least one of nervous tissue, a ligament or a joint capsule; implanting an internally powered pulse generator; programming the pulse generator to rehabilitate function of one or more of the multifidus, transverse abdominus, quadratus lumborum, psoas major, internus abdominus, obliquus externus abdominus, and erector spinae muscles; and delivering, according to the programming, electrical stimulation from the pulse generator to nervous tissue associated with segmental control of the lumbar spine via the plurality of electrodes, thereby improving lumbar spine stability. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of treating a patient'"'"'s back comprising:
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implanting a plurality of electrodes at a stimulation site in or adjacent to a medial branch of a dorsal ramus of a spinal nerve; implanting an internally powered pulse generator; programming the pulse generator to rehabilitate motor control of one or more of the multifidus, transverse abdominus, quadratus lumborum, psoas major, internus abdominus, obliquus externus abdominus, and erector spinae muscles; and delivering, according to the programming, electrical stimulation from the pulse generator to the medial branch of the dorsal ramus of the spinal nerve via the plurality of electrodes, thereby improving lumbar spine. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A neuromuscular electrical stimulation system for improving stability of a patient'"'"'s lumbar spine, the system comprising:
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a lead having one or more electrodes and a fixation anchor configured to be implanted in or adjacent to tissue associated with local segmental control of the lumbar spin;
consisting of at least one of nervous tissue, a ligament or a joint capsule; anda pulse generator that is subcutaneously implantable, programmable and internally powered, the pulse generator configured to be operatively coupled to the one or more electrodes, the pulse generator programmed to electrically stimulate nervous tissue associated with segmental control of the lumbar spine to rehabilitate function of one or more of the multifidus, transverse abdominus, quadratus lumborum, psoas major, internus abdominus, obliquus externus abdominus, and erector spinae muscles, wherein the pulse generator is programmed to stimulate the nervous tissue with a patient-specific frequency, magnitude and duration. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. An electrical stimulation system for improving stability of a patient'"'"'s lumbar spine to reduce low back pain, the system comprising:
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a plurality of electrodes configured to be implanted in or adjacent to tissue associated with local segmental control of the lumbar spine consisting of at least one of nervous tissue, a ligament or a joint capsule; and a fully implantable, internally powered and programmable pulse generator configured to be coupled to the plurality of implantable electrodes, the pulse generator programmed with a pulse frequency, magnitude and duration to deliver electrical stimulation to nervous tissue associated with segmental control of the lumbar spine to rehabilitate function of one or more of the multifidus, transverse abdominus, quadratus lumborum, psoas major, internus abdominus, obliquus externus abdominus, and erector spinae muscles, thereby improving lumbar spine stability. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. An electrical stimulation system for reducing low back pain of a patient, the system comprising:
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a plurality of implantable electrodes configured to be implanted at a stimulation site in or adjacent to a medial branch of a dorsal ramus of a spinal nerve; and a fully implantable, internally powered and programmable pulse generator configured to be coupled to the plurality of implantable electrodes, the pulse generator programmed to deliver electrical stimulation via the electrodes to the medial branch of the dorsal ramus of the spinal nerve to rehabilitate motor control of one or more of the multifidus, transverse abdominus, quadratus lumborum, psoas major, internus abdominus, obliquus externus abdominus, and erector spinae muscles, thereby improving lumbar spine stability. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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