Device, system, methods, and computer readable media for managing acute and chronic pain
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1. A method for reducing pain in a subject comprising:
- delivering to a subject with a stimulator a series of stimuli, wherein at least a fraction of the stimuli are below a non-painful threshold for the subject and at least a fraction of the stimuli are 50% to 100% of a pain tolerance for the subject, and wherein a portion of each of the non-painful stimuli and the 50% to 100% of the pain tolerance stimuli is delivered during the systolic phase of the subject'"'"'s cardiac cycle and the remaining portion of each is delivered during a diastolic phase of the subject'"'"'s cardiac cycle.
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Abstract
Methods, devices, control modules, and computer readable media are provided for managing acute and chronic pain in subjects. More specifically, a method is provided for reducing pain in a subject that includes delivering to the subject a series of stimuli consisting of both painful and non-painful stimuli. A portion of each of the painful and the non-painful stimuli is delivered to the subject during a systolic phase of the subject'"'"'s cardiac cycle and the remaining portion of each of the painful and the non-painful stimuli is delivered during a diastolic phase of the subject'"'"'s cardiac cycle.
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1. A method for reducing pain in a subject comprising:
delivering to a subject with a stimulator a series of stimuli, wherein at least a fraction of the stimuli are below a non-painful threshold for the subject and at least a fraction of the stimuli are 50% to 100% of a pain tolerance for the subject, and wherein a portion of each of the non-painful stimuli and the 50% to 100% of the pain tolerance stimuli is delivered during the systolic phase of the subject'"'"'s cardiac cycle and the remaining portion of each is delivered during a diastolic phase of the subject'"'"'s cardiac cycle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A device, comprising:
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a sensor for measuring cardiac cycle configured to indicate a systolic phase and a diastolic phase of a subject'"'"'s cardiac cycle; a stimulator configured to deliver a stimulus to the subject; and a control module in communication with the sensor for measuring cardiac cycle and the stimulator, the control module configured to; direct the stimulator to deliver a series of the stimuli to the subject, wherein at least a fraction of the stimuli are below a non-painful threshold for the subject and at least a fraction of the stimuli are 50% to 100% of a pain tolerance for the subject, and wherein a portion of each of the non-painful stimuli and the 50% to 100% of the pain tolerance stimuli is delivered during the systolic phase of the subject'"'"'s cardiac cycle and the remaining portion of each is delivered during the diastolic phase of the subject'"'"'s cardiac cycle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A control module in communication with a sensor for measuring cardiac cycle configured to indicate a systolic phase and a diastolic phase of the subject'"'"'s cardiac cycle and a stimulator, the control module configured to:
direct the stimulator to deliver a series of stimuli to a subject, wherein at least a fraction of the stimuli are below a non-painful threshold for the subject and at least a fraction of the stimuli are 50% to 100% of a pain tolerance for the subject, and wherein a portion of each of the non-painful stimuli and the 50% to 100% of the pain tolerance stimuli is delivered during the systolic phase of the subject'"'"'s cardiac cycle and the remaining portion of each is delivered during the diastolic phase of the subject'"'"'s cardiac cycle. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A computer program product for reducing pain in a subject, comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code configured to; receive a response signal from a sensor for measuring cardiac cycle that indicates a systolic phase and a diastolic phase of a subject'"'"'s cardiac cycle; direct a stimulator to deliver a series of stimuli to the subject, wherein at least a fraction of the stimuli are below a non-painful threshold for the subject and at least a fraction of the stimuli are 50% to 100% of a pain tolerance for the subject, and wherein a portion of each of the non-painful stimuli and the 50% to 100% of the pain tolerance stimuli is delivered during the systolic phase of the subject'"'"'s cardiac cycle and the remaining portion of each is delivered during the diastolic phase of the subject'"'"'s cardiac cycle. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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