Spinal cord stimulation to treat pain
First Claim
1. A method of treating chronic pain, including lower back pain and leg pain, in a patient with spinal cord stimulation, the method comprising:
- storing one or more operating parameters for a high frequency stimulus having a plurality of pulses, wherein the high frequency stimulus comprises at least respective pairs of pulses that have a pulse separation within a range of 0.1 milliseconds to 1.0 milliseconds;
operating a pulse generator to generate electrical pulses of the high frequency stimulus; and
applying the generated electrical pulses of the high frequency stimulus to the patient through a set of one or more electrodes of an electrical lead implanted within epidural space of the patient to treat the lower back pain and leg pain of the patient without causing paresthesia in the lower back or legs of the patient where resulting pain relief occurs during application of the pulses of the high frequency stimulus.
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Abstract
A system and method for treating pain without paresthesia by spinal cord stimulation. In one embodiment, a method comprises storing one or more operating parameters for a high frequency stimulus having a plurality of pulses, wherein the high frequency stimulus comprises at least respective pairs of pulses that have an inter-pulse separation within a range of 0.1 milliseconds to 10 milliseconds; and applying generated electrical pulses of the high frequency stimulus to the patient through a set of one or more electrodes of an electrical lead implanted within epidural space of the patient to treat the chronic pain of the patient without causing paresthesia in the patient.
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1. A method of treating chronic pain, including lower back pain and leg pain, in a patient with spinal cord stimulation, the method comprising:
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storing one or more operating parameters for a high frequency stimulus having a plurality of pulses, wherein the high frequency stimulus comprises at least respective pairs of pulses that have a pulse separation within a range of 0.1 milliseconds to 1.0 milliseconds; operating a pulse generator to generate electrical pulses of the high frequency stimulus; and applying the generated electrical pulses of the high frequency stimulus to the patient through a set of one or more electrodes of an electrical lead implanted within epidural space of the patient to treat the lower back pain and leg pain of the patient without causing paresthesia in the lower back or legs of the patient where resulting pain relief occurs during application of the pulses of the high frequency stimulus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of treating chronic pain in a patient with spinal cord stimulation, the method comprising:
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storing one or more operating parameters for a burst stimulus having a plurality of groups of pulses, wherein (i) the burst stimulus is substantially quiescent between each group of the plurality of groups of pulses with a quiescent interval of at least 1 millisecond and less than about 5 seconds and (ii) the burst stimulus comprises respective groups of pulses with at least one pulse that is followed by another pulse within 0.1 to 10.0 milliseconds; operating a pulse generator to generate electrical pulses of the burst stimulus; and applying the burst stimulus to the patient through one or more electrodes of an electrical lead implanted within epidural space of the patient to treat the chronic pain of the patient without causing paresthesia in the patient. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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