Linked area parameter adjustment for spinal cord stimulation and associated systems and methods
First Claim
1. A method for programming an implantable patient treatment device, the patient treatment device including a power supply coupled to a waveform generator, the waveform generator being coupleable to an electrode device, the electrode device including a plurality of electrodes and being configured to be implanted into a patient, the method comprising:
- programming the implantable treatment device with instructions that, when executed,receive an indication of an association between (a) a first area of a patient and a first electrode of the electrode device and (b) a second area of the patient and a second electrode of the electrode device;
associate the first area with a first therapy range for a waveform parameter;
associate the second area with a second therapy range for the waveform parameter, wherein the therapy ranges are ranges of the waveform parameter that provide therapeutic effect without inducing discomfort;
change the waveform parameter applied to the first electrode; and
automatically set the waveform parameter applied to the second electrode based on a mathematical relationship between the first therapy range and the second therapy range.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing pain in a patient using an electrical waveform that link the modulation of a waveform parameter for different areas of a patient. One embodiment in a system for managing pain in a patient comprises an electric device configured to be implanted into the patient and including a plurality of electrodes having at least a first electrode associated with a first area of the patient and a second electrode associated with a second area of the patient. The system further includes an implantable device configured to be coupled to the electrode device and having a computer-operable medium programmed to change the waveform parameter applied to the first electrode and automatically set the waveform parameter applied to the second electrode based on a relationship between a first therapy range and a second therapy range of the waveform parameter.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for programming an implantable patient treatment device, the patient treatment device including a power supply coupled to a waveform generator, the waveform generator being coupleable to an electrode device, the electrode device including a plurality of electrodes and being configured to be implanted into a patient, the method comprising:
programming the implantable treatment device with instructions that, when executed, receive an indication of an association between (a) a first area of a patient and a first electrode of the electrode device and (b) a second area of the patient and a second electrode of the electrode device; associate the first area with a first therapy range for a waveform parameter; associate the second area with a second therapy range for the waveform parameter, wherein the therapy ranges are ranges of the waveform parameter that provide therapeutic effect without inducing discomfort; change the waveform parameter applied to the first electrode; and automatically set the waveform parameter applied to the second electrode based on a mathematical relationship between the first therapy range and the second therapy range. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for configuring an implantable patient treatment device, comprising:
programming the implantable treatment device with instructions that, when executed, associate a first electrode of an implantable electrode device with a first area of a patient and with a first therapy range for a waveform parameter; associate a second electrode of the implantable electrode device with a second area of the patient and with a second therapy range for the waveform parameter, wherein the therapy ranges are ranges of the waveform parameter that provide a therapeutic effect without inducing discomfort; and in response to a requested change in the waveform applied to the first area or the first electrode, automatically set the waveform parameter applied to the second electrode based on a mathematical relationship between the first therapy range and the second therapy range. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for configuring an implantable patient treatment device, comprising:
programming the patient treatment device with instructions that, when executed; change a level of a waveform parameter applied to a first electrode implanted at a first area of the patient, the first area being associated with a first therapy range; and automatically set a level of the waveform parameter applied to a second electrode, located at second area of the patient and being associated with a second therapy range, based on a scaling factor relating the first therapy range to the second therapy range. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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