Selective high frequency spinal cord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side effects, and associated systems and methods

A method for configuring a spinal modulation system to deliver a therapy signal to a patient's spinal cord, for treating a patient's pain, wherein the spinal modulation system includes

• an implantable signal delivery device having a plurality of electrical contacts, and
• a signal generator electrically coupleable to the implantable signal delivery device to generate a non-paresthesia-generating therapy signal and deliver the non-paresthesia-generating therapy signal to the patient's spinal cord region via the implantable signal delivery device,
• the method comprising:
• programming the signal generator to generate and deliver the non-paresthesia-generating therapy signal to only at least one electrical contact positioned contralateral to the pain, wherein at least a portion of the non-paresthesia-generating therapy signal has a frequency in a frequency range of from about 1.5 kHz to about 50 kHz.

A method for configuring a spinal modulation system to deliver a therapy signal to a patient's spinal cord, for treating a patient's pain, wherein the spinal modulation system includes

• a single percutaneous lead having a plurality of electrical contacts, and
• an implantable pulse generator (IPG) coupleable to the percutaneous lead and configured to generate a therapy signal and deliver the therapy signal to the patient's spinal cord region via the percutaneous lead,
• the method comprising:
• implanting the percutaneous lead such that at least one of the electrical contacts is positioned contralateral to the patient's pain, relative to a midline of the patient's spinal cord;
• and
• programming the IPG to generate and deliver the therapy signal to only the at least one electrical contact positioned contralateral to the patient's pain, wherein at least a portion of the signal has a frequency in a frequency range of from about 1.5 kHz to about 50 kHz.