Systems and methods for restoring muscle function to the lumbar spine
AssigneeMainstay Medical Limited
InventorsDan Sachs, Prashant Brijmohansingh Rawat, Jason Shiroff, Peter Crosby
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Abstract
A system for restoring muscle function to the lumbar spine to treat low back pain is provided. The system may include electrodes coupled to an implantable pulse generator (IPG), a handheld activator configured to transfer a stimulation command to the IPG, and an external programmer configured to transfer programming data to the IPG. The stimulation command directs the programmable controller to stimulate the tissue in accordance with the programming data. The system may include a software-based programming system run on a computer such that the treating physician may program and adjust stimulation parameters.
Claims24
A method of rehabilitating a multifidus muscle to alleviate back pain of a patient, the method comprising:
- electrically stimulating, via one or more electrodes positioned within the patient, tissue associated with the multifidus muscle which is associated with local segmental control of a lumbar spine, to cause the multifidus muscle to contract;
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- further electrically stimulating the tissue over time via the one or more electrodes to cause the multifidus muscle to contract, thereby improving function of the multifidus muscle supporting lumbar spine stability to facilitate rehabilitation of the multifidus muscle.
A method of rehabilitating a multifidus muscle to alleviate back pain of a patient, the method comprising:
- causing one or more electrodes positioned within a patient near or in contact with tissue associated with a multifidus muscle which is associated with local segmental control of a lumbar spine to deliver electrical stimulation to the tissue to cause the multifidus muscle to contract;
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- causing the one or more electrodes to deliver additional electrical stimulation to the tissue over time to cause the multifidus muscle to contract, thereby improving function of the multifidus muscle supporting lumbar spine stability to facilitate rehabilitation of the multifidus muscle.
A method of rehabilitating a multifidus muscle to alleviate back pain of a patient, the method comprising:
- providing one or more electrodes configured to be positioned within a patient near or in contact with tissue associated with a multifidus muscle which is associated with local segmental control of a lumbar spine;
- utilizing a pulse generator electrically coupled to the one or more electrodes to cause the one or more electrodes to:
- deliver electrical stimulation to the tissue to cause the multifidus muscle to contract;
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- deliver additional electrical stimulation to the tissue over time to cause the multifidus muscle to contract, thereby improving function of the multifidus muscle supporting lumbar spine stability to facilitate rehabilitation of the multifidus muscle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.