Patent ID: 7127297

Claim:
An improved electric tissue stimulation system for treatment and control of a condition having a transmitting means, a receiving means adapted for surgical implantation and at least one electrically coupled multi-electrode means adapted for surgical implantation, the transmitting means for transmitting stimulation data to the receiving means for delivery of an electrical pulse through the at least one multi-electrode means positioned at selected tissue site(s), the system comprising: (a) control means for determining and optimizing at least three stimulation settings to stimulate a patient corresponding region afflicted by pain, and for delivering instructional programming data, each stimulation setting comprising at least two parameters operable for characterizing at least one electrical pulse to be generated in response to selection of the stimulation setting; (b) means for storing the at least three stimulation settings within the receiving means, the means for storing programmable by the control means; (c) means for selecting one of the at least three stimulation settings from the means for storing, the means for selecting programmable by the control means; and (d) pulse generating means for generating an electrical pulse in accordance with the selected stimulation setting; and wherein the control means is operable to programmably instruct the means for selecting to select one of the at least three stimulation settings and the pulse generating means responsively is operable to generate the at least one electrical pulse characterized by the selected stimulation setting.