Devices for controlling spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain, and associated systems and methods, including controllers for automated parameter selection
First Claim
1. A method for treating a patient, comprising:
- receiving a first input indicating a location of a signal delivery device implanted in a patient, relative to at least one of the patient'"'"'s vertebrae;
establishing a positional relationship between the implanted signal delivery device and the at least one vertebra;
receiving a second input corresponding to a medical indication of the patient;
receiving a third input provided by a user and corresponding to a requested change in axial length of a computer-based image of the at least one vertebra;
accessing a database of patient information correlating signal delivery parameters and medical indications for other patients; and
based at least in part on the positional relationship, the medical indication, and information contained in the database, automatically identifying a signal delivery parameter in accordance with which a pulsed electrical signal is delivered to the patient via the signal delivery device, wherein the signal delivery parameter includes an identity of an electrode to which the pulsed electrical signal is delivered, the electrode being carried by the signal delivery device.
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Abstract
Devices for controlling spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain, and associated systems and methods, including controllers for automated parameter selection are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes receiving a first input corresponding to a location of a signal delivery device implanted in a patient, establishing a positional relationship between the signal delivery device and an anatomical feature of the patient, receiving a second input corresponding to a medical indication of the patient, and, based at least in part on the positional relationship and the indication, automatically identifying a signal delivery parameter in accordance with which a pulsed electrical signal is delivered to the patient via the signal delivery device.
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1. A method for treating a patient, comprising:
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receiving a first input indicating a location of a signal delivery device implanted in a patient, relative to at least one of the patient'"'"'s vertebrae; establishing a positional relationship between the implanted signal delivery device and the at least one vertebra; receiving a second input corresponding to a medical indication of the patient; receiving a third input provided by a user and corresponding to a requested change in axial length of a computer-based image of the at least one vertebra; accessing a database of patient information correlating signal delivery parameters and medical indications for other patients; and based at least in part on the positional relationship, the medical indication, and information contained in the database, automatically identifying a signal delivery parameter in accordance with which a pulsed electrical signal is delivered to the patient via the signal delivery device, wherein the signal delivery parameter includes an identity of an electrode to which the pulsed electrical signal is delivered, the electrode being carried by the signal delivery device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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