Patent ID: 8224453
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of treating chronic pain, including lower back pain and leg pain, in a patient with spinal cord stimulation, the method comprising: storing one or more operating parameters for a burst stimulus having a plurality of groups of pulses, wherein (i) the burst stimulus is substantially quiescent between each group of the plurality of groups of pulses with a quiescent interval of at least 1 millisecond and less than about 5 seconds and (ii) the burst stimulus comprises respective groups of pulses with at least one pulse that is followed by another pulse within 0.1 milliseconds; operating a pulse generator to generate electrical pulses of the burst stimulus; and applying the burst stimulus to the patient through a set of one or more electrodes of an electrical lead implanted within epidural space of the patient to treat the lower back pain and leg pain of the patient without causing paresthesia in the lower back or legs of the patient where resulting pain relief occurs during application of the burst stimulus, wherein the set of one or more electrodes is fixed during respective groups of the plurality of groups of pulses.