Patent Document ID: 8249701
Application ID: 12579179
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for efficiently identifying, from among a plurality of possible neurostimulation parameter sets, one or more preferred neurostimulation parameter sets that treat a targeted pain of a patient, wherein each neurostimulation parameter set defines electrode parameters and neurostimulation signal parameters, the method comprising: (a) testing on the patient a plurality of different neurostimulation parameter sets to thereby identify those tested neurostimulation parameter sets that treat the targeted pain, wherein each of the tested neurostimulation parameter sets defines an electrode configuration that differs from the other tested neurostimulation parameter sets, and wherein all of the tested neurostimulation parameter sets comprise a same value for a specific neurostimulation signal parameter that if reduced reduces power consumption; and (b) retesting on the patient the neurostimulation parameter sets identified as treating the targeted pain, with the value for the specific neurostimulation signal parameter reduced by a same amount for each of the retested neurostimulation parameter sets, to thereby identify those neurostimulation parameter sets that treat the targeted pain at the reduced power consumption level; wherein at step (b), the amount by which the value of the specific neurostimulation signal parameter is reduced for each of the retested neurostimulation parameter sets is dependent upon the number of neurostimulation parameter sets being retested, such that the greater the number of neurostimulation parameter sets being retested the greater the amount by which the value of the specific neurostimulation signal parameter is reduced.