Patent ID: 8428728
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of treating a patient's back comprising: implanting within the patient's back a lead having one or more electrodes and a fixation anchor; anchoring the lead in or adjacent to tissue associated with local segmental control of the lumbar spine, consisting of at least one of nervous tissue, a ligament or a joint capsule; implanting an internally powered pulse generator; programming the pulse generator to rehabilitate function of one or more of the multifidus, transverse abdominus, quadratus lumborum, psoas major, internus abdominus, obliquus externus abdominus, and erector spinae muscles; delivering, according to the programming, electrical stimulation from the pulse generator to nervous tissue associated with segmental control of the lumbar spine via the one or more electrodes, thereby improving lumbar spine stability.