Devices for controlling spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain, and associated systems and methods, including controllers for automated parameter selection
First Claim
1. A patient treatment system, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions that when executed;
receive a first input corresponding to a location of a first signal delivery device implanted in a patient;
establish a first positional relationship between the location of the first signal delivery device and an anatomical feature of the patient;
receive a second input corresponding to a location of a second signal delivery device implanted in the patient;
establish a second positional relationship between the location of the second signal delivery device and at least one of the location of the first signal delivery device or the anatomical feature of the patient;
receive a third input corresponding to a medical indication of the patient, wherein the medical indication includes at least one of leg pain, low back pain, mid-back pain, upper back pain, total body pain, cervical pain, or cephalalgia;
receive a fourth input corresponding to a requested change in axial length of a computer-based image of the anatomical feature;
based at least in part on the first and second positional relationships, present a computer-based image of the first signal delivery device and a computer-based image of the second signal delivery device; and
automatically identify a signal delivery parameter in accordance with which a pulsed electrical signal is delivered to the patient via at least one of the first signal delivery device or the second signal delivery device, wherein the signal delivery parameter has a predetermined correlation with the indication and at least one of the first positional relationship or the second positional relationship, and wherein the predetermined correlation is based at least in part on patient database information correlating signal delivery parameters and indications for other patients.
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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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34 Claims
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1. A patient treatment system, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions that when executed; receive a first input corresponding to a location of a first signal delivery device implanted in a patient; establish a first positional relationship between the location of the first signal delivery device and an anatomical feature of the patient; receive a second input corresponding to a location of a second signal delivery device implanted in the patient; establish a second positional relationship between the location of the second signal delivery device and at least one of the location of the first signal delivery device or the anatomical feature of the patient; receive a third input corresponding to a medical indication of the patient, wherein the medical indication includes at least one of leg pain, low back pain, mid-back pain, upper back pain, total body pain, cervical pain, or cephalalgia; receive a fourth input corresponding to a requested change in axial length of a computer-based image of the anatomical feature; based at least in part on the first and second positional relationships, present a computer-based image of the first signal delivery device and a computer-based image of the second signal delivery device; and automatically identify a signal delivery parameter in accordance with which a pulsed electrical signal is delivered to the patient via at least one of the first signal delivery device or the second signal delivery device, wherein the signal delivery parameter has a predetermined correlation with the indication and at least one of the first positional relationship or the second positional relationship, and wherein the predetermined correlation is based at least in part on patient database information correlating signal delivery parameters and indications for other patients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for treating a patient, comprising:
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receiving a first input corresponding to a location of a first signal delivery device implanted in a patient; establishing a first positional relationship between the location of the first signal delivery device and an anatomical feature of the patient; receiving a second input corresponding to a location of a second signal delivery device implanted in the patient; establishing a second positional relationship between the location of the second signal delivery device and at least one of the location of the first signal delivery device or the anatomical feature of the patient; receiving a third input corresponding to a medical indication of the patient; receiving a fourth input corresponding to a requested change in axial length of a computer-based image of the anatomical feature; based at least in part on the first and second positional relationships, presenting a computer-based image of the first signal delivery device and a computer-based image of the second signal delivery device; and automatically identifying a signal delivery parameter in accordance with which a pulsed electrical signal is delivered to the patient via at least one of the first signal delivery device or the second signal delivery device, wherein the signal delivery parameter has a predetermined correlation with the indication and at least one of the first positional relationship or the second positional relationship, and wherein the predetermined correlation is based at least in part on patient database information correlating signal delivery parameters and medical indications for other patients. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A patient treatment system, comprising:
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an implantable signal generator; a first elongated signal delivery lead coupled to the implantable signal generator and positioned proximate to a patient'"'"'s spinal cord; a second elongated signal delivery lead coupled to the implantable signal generator and positioned proximate to the patient'"'"'s spinal cord; a programmer in wireless communication with the implantable signal generator, the programmer having a computer-readable medium with instructions that, when executed; receive a first input indicating a location of the first lead; receive a second input indicating a location of the second lead; establish a first positional relationship between the first lead and a vertebra of the patient; establish a second positional relationship between the second lead and at least one of the first lead or the vertebra of the patient; receive a third input identifying a medical indication of the patient; receive a fourth input corresponding to a requested change in axial length of a computer-based image of the anatomical feature; based at least in part on the first and second positional relationships, align at least one of a computer-based image of the first lead or a computer-based image of the second lead relative to the other of the computer-based image of the first lead or the computer-based image of the second lead; access an established database of patient information, wherein the database includes a predetermined correlation between the positional relationships and indications for other patients; and based at least in part on the predetermined correlation, automatically identify at least one electrode, carried by at least one of the first and second leads, and deliver a pulsed electrical signal to the patient'"'"'s spinal cord via the at least one electrode. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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