Apparatus with enhanced stimulation waveforms

A method for treating a patient, the method comprising:

• delivering therapeutic stimulation energy to tissue of or associated with a spinal cord of a patient, the therapeutic stimulation energy being based on a therapeutic stimulation waveform,
• wherein the therapeutic stimulation waveform comprises bursts of trains of pulses,
• wherein each train comprises a series of pulses and each burst comprises a series of trains,
• each train having a train-on period from a beginning of a first pulse of said train to an end of a last pulse of said train, wherein there is a train-off quiescent period between an end of one train and a beginning of a next train, and
• each burst having a burst-on period from a beginning of a first pulse of a first train of said burst to an end of a last pulse of a last train of said burst, wherein there is a burst-off quiescent period between an end of one burst and a beginning of a next burst, and
• wherein the therapeutic stimulation waveform comprises a plurality of waveform parameters including the train-on period, the train-off quiescent period, the train-off quiescent period, the burst-on period, and the burst-off quiescent period, said waveform parameters being selected to treat pain of the patient with reduced paresthesia.

A method for treating a patient, the method comprising:

• delivering therapeutic stimulation energy to a tissue of or associated with a peripheral nerve of the patient, the therapeutic stimulation energy being based on a therapeutic stimulation waveform,
• wherein the therapeutic stimulation waveform comprises bursts of trains of pulses,
• wherein each train comprises a series of pulses and each burst comprises a series of trains,
• each train having a train-on period from a beginning of a first pulse of said train to an end of a last pulse of said train, wherein there is a train-off quiescent period between an end of one train and a beginning of a next train, and
• each burst having a burst-on period from a beginning of a first pulse of a first train of said burst to an end of a last pulse of a last train of said burst, wherein there is a burst-off quiescent period between an end of one burst and a beginning of a next burst, and
• wherein the therapeutic stimulation waveform comprises a plurality of waveform parameters including the train-on period, the train-off quiescent period, the train-off quiescent period, the burst-on period, and the burst-off quiescent period, said waveform parameters being selected to treat pain of the patient with reduced paresthesia.