Patent ID: 11911624
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method operable with a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) device, wherein the SCS device comprises a plurality of electrodes implanted within a spinal column of the patient, the method comprising:
executing in the SCS device a stimulation program comprising a plurality of sub-programs thereby sequentially executing each of the sub-programs, wherein each sub-program provides stimulation to one or more of the electrodes using different stimulation parameters;
receiving at an external system in communication with the SCS device at least one pain score from the patient for each of the sub-programs, wherein the at least one pain score for each sub-program is indicative of the patient's pain upon receiving the stimulation provided by that sub-program; and
processing the pain scores at the external system to identify one or more of the sub-programs as suitable for the patient; and
providing therapeutic stimulation to the patient using the identified one or more of the sub-programs.