Patent ID: 9592388
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A61N,G01R

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for controlling modulation signals applied to a patient's spinal cord, comprising: presenting a graphical representation of a region of the patient's spine; presenting a graphical indication of modulation signal amplitude levels available for application to the patient's spinal cord, oriented orthogonal to the graphical representation of a region of the patient's spine; presenting a graphical indication of multiple patient pain levels relative to the graphical representation of the patient's spine and the graphical indication of modulation signal amplitude levels; receiving a user input corresponding to a target location at the patient's spinal cord; based at least in part on the input received, automatically selecting a pair of electrical contacts of an elongated spinal cord lead; automatically delivering a modulation signal to the patient's spinal cord via the pair of electrical contacts at a frequency of from about 3 kHz to about 50 kHz; automatically designating at least one of the contacts as an anode or a cathode without or independent of any user input; and preventing the user from designating the at least one of the contacts as an anode or a cathode.