Patent ID: 7734340

Claim:
A method of stimulating nerve tissue of a patient to treat a neurological disorder using an implantable pulse generator, the method comprising: generating, by the implantable pulse generator, a burst stimulus that comprises a plurality of groups of spike pulses in which after an initial spike pulse having an initial potential each spike pulse within the group occurs during a plateau potential before the entire group of spike pulses repolarizes to the initial potential and is followed by a substantially quiescent period between the plurality of groups, wherein each spike within each group is separated by a maximum inter-spike interval and each group of spikes is separated by a minimum inter-group interval, wherein the maximum inter-spike interval is 5 milliseconds and the minimum inter-group interval is 20 milliseconds; providing the burst stimulus from the implantable pulse generator to a medical lead; and applying the burst stimulus to nerve tissue of the patient via one or several electrodes of the medical lead.