Treating inflammation, chronic pain and other disorders with neuromodulation
First Claim
1. A method of treating chronic pain or inflammation with neural modulation, the method comprising:
- placing a surgical instrument to reach into a torso section of a patient'"'"'s body, the patient suffering from chronic pain or inflammation in a primary area in the torso section;
placing a passive wireless stimulator device into an opening on the surgical instrument by placing a passive wireless stimulator device that includes one or more non-inductive antennas configured to receive electromagnetic energy radiated from a source located outside of the patient'"'"'s body, electronic circuitry coupled to each of the one or more non-inductive antennas and configured to extract electric power and excitation pulses from the radiated electromagnetic energy as received by the one or more non-inductive antennas, and one or more electrodes configured to deliver the excitation pulses to the one or more excitable tissue to effectuate the neural modulation thereof, the passive wireless stimulator device suitable to fit into the opening on the surgical instrument and configured to operate without a battery or energy storage by receiving electromagnetic energy non-inductively from a source located outside the patient'"'"'s body;
through the opening on the surgical instrument, positioning one or more electrodes on the passive wireless stimulator device adjacent to or near excitable tissue in the primary area in the torso section of the patient; and
causing electrical pulses to be delivered to one or more electrodes on the passive wireless stimulator device such that neural modulation is applied to the excitable tissue in the primary area in the torso section.
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Abstract
Some implementations provide a method of treating chronic pain or inflammation with neural modulation, the method including: placing a surgical instrument to reach into a torso section of a patient'"'"'s body, the patient suffering from chronic pain or inflammation in a primary area in the torso section; placing a wireless device into an opening on the surgical instrument, the wireless device suitable to fit into the opening and configured to receive electromagnetic energy non-inductively from a source located outside the patient'"'"'s body; through the opening on the surgical instrument, positioning the wireless electrode lead adjacent to or near excitable tissue in the primary area in the torso section of the patient; and causing electrical pulses to be delivered to one or more electrodes on the wireless device such that neural modulation is applied to the excitable tissue in the primary area in the torso section.
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1. A method of treating chronic pain or inflammation with neural modulation, the method comprising:
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placing a surgical instrument to reach into a torso section of a patient'"'"'s body, the patient suffering from chronic pain or inflammation in a primary area in the torso section; placing a passive wireless stimulator device into an opening on the surgical instrument by placing a passive wireless stimulator device that includes one or more non-inductive antennas configured to receive electromagnetic energy radiated from a source located outside of the patient'"'"'s body, electronic circuitry coupled to each of the one or more non-inductive antennas and configured to extract electric power and excitation pulses from the radiated electromagnetic energy as received by the one or more non-inductive antennas, and one or more electrodes configured to deliver the excitation pulses to the one or more excitable tissue to effectuate the neural modulation thereof, the passive wireless stimulator device suitable to fit into the opening on the surgical instrument and configured to operate without a battery or energy storage by receiving electromagnetic energy non-inductively from a source located outside the patient'"'"'s body; through the opening on the surgical instrument, positioning one or more electrodes on the passive wireless stimulator device adjacent to or near excitable tissue in the primary area in the torso section of the patient; and causing electrical pulses to be delivered to one or more electrodes on the passive wireless stimulator device such that neural modulation is applied to the excitable tissue in the primary area in the torso section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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