Selective high frequency spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain, including cephalic and/or total body pain with reduced side effects, and associated systems and methods
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1. A method of treating a neck or brachial plexus pain indication, exclusive of neck or brachial plexus pain associated with total body pain, comprising:
- configuring a signal generator to generate and deliver a neck or brachial plexus pain therapy signal to a target location, wherein the target location is a cervical vertebral location between C2-C6, inclusive, via one or more implanted signal delivery devices coupled to the signal generator,wherein at least a portion of the therapy signal is at a frequency in a frequency range of 1.5 kHz to 100 kHz, includes pulses with a pulse width in a pulse width range of 10 microseconds to 333 microseconds, and has an amplitude in an amplitude range of 0.1 mA to 20 mA, which at least partially alleviates the neck or brachial plexus pain indication, exclusive of neck or brachial plexus pain associated with total body pain, without generating paresthesia.
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Selective high-frequency spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side affects and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In particular embodiments, high-frequency modulation in the range of from about 1.5 KHz to about 100 KHz may be applied to the patient'"'"'s spinal cord region to address neck or brachial plexus pain without creating paresthesia in the patient.
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1. A method of treating a neck or brachial plexus pain indication, exclusive of neck or brachial plexus pain associated with total body pain, comprising:
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configuring a signal generator to generate and deliver a neck or brachial plexus pain therapy signal to a target location, wherein the target location is a cervical vertebral location between C2-C6, inclusive, via one or more implanted signal delivery devices coupled to the signal generator, wherein at least a portion of the therapy signal is at a frequency in a frequency range of 1.5 kHz to 100 kHz, includes pulses with a pulse width in a pulse width range of 10 microseconds to 333 microseconds, and has an amplitude in an amplitude range of 0.1 mA to 20 mA, which at least partially alleviates the neck or brachial plexus pain indication, exclusive of neck or brachial plexus pain associated with total body pain, without generating paresthesia. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of treating a non-total body pain neck or brachial plexus pain indication, comprising:
applying an electrical therapy signal to a cervical vertebral location of a patient'"'"'s spinal cord, wherein the cervical vertebral location is between C2-C6, inclusive, wherein at least a portion of the electrical therapy signal (a) is at a frequency in a frequency range of from 1.5 kHz to 100 kHz, (b) includes pulses having a pulse width in a pulse width range of 10 microseconds to 333 microseconds, and (c) is at an amplitude in an amplitude range of 0.1 mA to 20 mA, and wherein the electrical therapy signal treats the neck or brachial plexus pain indication without generating paresthesia in the patient. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A neck or brachial plexus pain treatment system for treating a nontotal body pain neck or brachial plexus pain indication, comprising:
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a spinal cord modulation system having at least one signal delivery device configured to be implanted proximate to a cervical vertebral location of a patient'"'"'s spinal cord, wherein the cervical vertebral location is between C2C6, inclusive, and a signal generator programmed with instructions that, when executed, treat the neck or brachial plexus pain indication by generating and delivering a nonparesthesiagenerating electrical therapy signal to the cervical vertebral location, via the at least one signal delivery device, wherein at least a portion of the electrical therapy signal (a) is at a frequency in a frequency range of 1.5 kHz to 100 kHz, (b) includes pulses having a pulse width in a pulse width range of 10 microseconds to 333 microseconds, and (c) is at an amplitude in an amplitude range of 0.1 mA to 20 mA. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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