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Position-responsive neuro stimulator

  • US 5,031,618 A
  • Filed: 03/07/1990
  • Issued: 07/16/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of spinal cord stimulation comprising:

  • a. sensing the position of a patient and determining whenever said patient is erect and whenever said patient is supine; and

    ,b. stimulating the spinal cord of said patient with a series of pulse bursts, andc. automatically altering the said spinal cord stimulation in response to said sensing of the position of said patient by lowering the stimulation intensity whenever said patient is supine.

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