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Systems and methods for deploying patient therapy devices

  • US 9,895,538 B1
  • Filed: 01/22/2014
  • Issued: 02/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of identifying patient responders to a paresthesia-free spinal cord stimulation therapy, the method comprising:

  • implanting in a patient a pair of spinal cord signal delivery devices, each having at least eight electrical contacts;

    connecting an external signal generator to the spinal cord signal delivery devices;

    initially simultaneously activating at least twelve of the electrical contacts with a therapy signal from the external signal generator without causing paresthesia in the patient while delivering the therapy;

    implanting a signal generator in the patient if the patient responds favorably to the simultaneous activation of the at least twelve electrical contacts; and

    after implanting the signal generator, applying the therapy signal to the patient via fewer than the at least twelve electrical contacts.

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