Patent ID: 6104957
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
A method of administering particularized electrical energy to spinal nervous tissue using a signal generator and at least one stimulation lead having an electrode portion and a connector portion, where the connector portion may be electrically coupled to the signal generator, the method comprising the steps of:inserting the at least one stimulation lead between a first vertebra and a second vertebra and into an epidural space and advancing the stimulation lead in an inferior direction, substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the epidural space;positioning the stimulation lead so that the electrode portion of the stimulation lead lies in a plane substantially parallel to selected spinal nervous tissue, the selected spinal nervous tissue including at least one of: epidural spinal nervous tissue, spinal ganglion, neural plexus, and peripheral nerves;coupling the at least one stimulation lead to the signal generator; anddelivering electrical energy from the signal generator to the electrode portion of the at least one stimulation lead.