Patent ID: 8615300
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A system for treating pain in a patient using spinal cord stimulation, wherein (i) the pain includes a first pain component within a first bodily sub-region of a trunk of the patient, (ii) the pain includes a second pain component within a second bodily sub-region of lower extremities of the patient separated from the first bodily sub-region by intervening bodily sub-regions, the system comprising: a lead having proximal and distal ends; a paddle structure adapted to be implanted within epidural space of the patient near the distal end of the lead, the paddle structure having electrodes disposed in at least four mutually adjacent columns and at least two adjacent rows within the paddle structure; a pulse generator configured to be joined to the proximal end of the lead, electrically coupled to the paddle structure and that is programmable to deliver pulses to a spinal cord of the patient using the electrodes of the paddle structure; and a non-transient computer-readable medium with instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the pulse generator to: wherein, in response to the program, the patient experiences parasthesia in the first and second bodily sub-regions and the patient experiences minimal sensory effects from applied electrical pulses in the intervening bodily sub-regions.