US 8,620,435 B2 · Combination therapy including peripheral nerve field stimulation

Abstract

Delivery of peripheral nerve field stimulation (PNFS) in combination with one or more other therapies is described. The other therapy delivered in combination with PNFS may be, for example, a different type of neurostimulation, such as spinal cord stimulation (SCS), or a drug. PNFS and the other therapy may be delivered simultaneously, in an alternating fashion, according to a schedule, and/or selectively, e.g., in response to a request received from a patient or clinician. A combination therapy that includes PNFS may be able to more completely address complex or multifocal pain than would be possible through delivery of either PNFS or other therapies alone. Further, the combination of PNFS with one or more other therapies may reduce the likelihood that neural accommodation will impair the perceived effectiveness PNFS or the other therapies.

Claims31

Dependent claims

A method for treating pain of a patient comprising:

delivering peripheral nerve field stimulation to a region of a body of the patient in which a patient experiences pain via at least one electrode implanted in the region;
and
delivering spinal cord stimulation to the patient via at least one electrode implanted in an epidural space of the patient in combination with the peripheral nerve field stimulation.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/450,133Filed 9 Jun 2006 · continuation in part

Priority

9 Jun 2005

Published

US 2007/0021801 A129 Mar 2007

Granted

31 Dec 2013

Term ends

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Classification15 codes

A61N 1/36021
External stimulators, e.g. with patch electrodes: for treatment of pain
A61M 5/14
Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning…:…
A61M 5/142
Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor: pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps
A61N 1/0531
Electrodes for brain stimulation: brain cortex electrodes

Family

Application60/689,203Us provisional application · filed 9 Jun 2005

Application60/700,627Us provisional application · filed 19 Jul 2005

Application60/761,823Us provisional application · filed 25 Jan 2006

Application11/374,852Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 14 Mar 2006

Application11/375,492Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 14 Mar 2006

Application11/374,793Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 14 Mar 2006

US 2007/0073356 A1Pre-grant publication · published 29 Mar 2007

US 7,813,803 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 7,890,166 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 8,244,360 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 2007/0021801 A1Published application

US 2007/0021802 A1Published application

US 2007/0039625 A1Published application

US 8,620,435 B2This patent

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Combination therapy including peripheral nerve field stimulation

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Combination therapy including peripheral nerve field stimulation

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Abstract

Claims31