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US 10,328,256 B1Granted
Autonomic nervous system control via high frequency spinal cord modulation, and associated systems and methods
AssigneeNevro Corporation
InventorBradford Evan Gliner
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Abstract
Autonomic nervous system control via high frequency spinal cord modulation, and associated systems and methods. A method for treating a patient in accordance with a particular embodiment includes selecting a neural modulation site to include a neural population of the patient's spinal cord, and selecting parameters of a neural modulation signal to at least reduce an autonomic system deficit in the patient.
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A method for treating a patient, comprising:
- reducing or modifying an organ dysfunction of an identified organ in the patient by applying or directing application of an electrical signal to WDR neurons of the patient's spinal cord via an implanted signal delivery device, at a vertebral level corresponding to the identified organ, the electrical signal having a frequency of from about 1.5 kHz to about 100 kHz.
A method for evaluating a patient's pain, comprising:
- directing an electrical therapy signal via an implanted signal delivery device to reduce or inhibit pain in the patient, the electrical therapy signal having a frequency of from about 1.5 kHz to about 100 kHz;
- receiving feedback corresponding to an autonomic system response of the patient to the electrical therapy signal, wherein the autonomic system response is a reduction or modification of an organ dysfunction achieved by normalizing a combined effect of the patient's sympathetic and parasympathetic systems;
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- based at least in part on the feedback, identifying a characteristic of a pain response of the patient to the electrical therapy signal.
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A method for evaluating a patient's pain, comprising:
- directing an electrical therapy signal to the patient's spinal cord via an implanted signal delivery device to reduce or inhibit pain in the patient, the electrical therapy signal having a frequency of from about 1.5 kHz to about 100 kHz;
- receiving feedback corresponding to the patient's autonomic system response to the electrical therapy signal by monitoring an input from a sensor with a control algorithm embedded within the implanted signal delivery device;
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- based at least in part on the feedback, identifying a characteristic of the patient's pain response to the electrical therapy signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.