Patent ID: 11944823
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A method for programming electrical stimulation of a patient using an implantable electrical stimulation system comprising an implantable pulse generator and a lead having a plurality of electrodes, the method comprising:
receiving a first response for each of a plurality of first stimulations performed using a plurality of different first subsets of one or more of the electrodes of the lead, wherein each of the first stimulations uses one of the first subsets and each of the first subsets is used for at least one of the first stimulations, wherein the first stimulations are each configured to preferentially stimulate a first type of neural element over a second type of neural element by selection of at least one of a first value of a stimulation amplitude, a first type of a stimulation polarity, a first value of a pulse width, a first value of a pulse rate, or a first value of a pulse duration for the first stimulation;
selecting a one of the first subsets of one or more of the electrodes based, at least in part, on the first responses;
receiving a second response for each of a plurality of second stimulations performed using a plurality of different second subsets of one or more of the electrodes, wherein each of the second stimulations uses one of the second subsets and each of the second subsets is used for at least one of the second stimulations, wherein the second stimulations are configured to preferentially stimulate the second type of neural element over the first type of neural element by selection of at least one of a second value of the stimulation amplitude, a second type of the stimulation polarity, a second value of the pulse width, a second value of the pulse rate, or a second value of the pulse duration for the second stimulation;
selecting a one of the second subsets of one or more of the electrodes based, at least in part, on the second responses;
selecting a programming subset of one or more of the electrodes based on the first and second responses associated with the selected one of the first subsets and the selected one of the second subsets, respectively;
receiving direction to program the implantable pulse generator with the programming subset of one or more of the electrodes; and
initiating a signal that provides the implantable pulse generator of the implantable electrical stimulation system with the programming subset of one or more of the electrodes for generating electrical stimulation for the patient through the electrodes of the lead.