SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUSTAINED RELIEF OF CHRONIC PAIN

    公开(公告)号:US20220241589A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-04

    申请号:US17629428

    申请日:2020-07-27

    IPC分类号: A61N1/36 A61N1/05

    摘要: Systems and methods of applying electrical stimulation to achieve sustained relief of chronic pain that comprise a coiled wire percutaneous lead configured for insertion into a portion of a body that is proximal to a region of pain and an electrode formed integrally on the coiled wire percutaneous lead, wherein the electrode is configured to be positioned inside the body and at a therapeutically effective distance from a portion of at least one peripheral nerve that innervates the region of pain. The systems and method may also include an electrical stimulation device operatively coupled to the lead to apply electrical stimulation through the at least one electrode to at least one peripheral nerve that innervates the region of pain, to activate target peripheral nerve fibers while preventing activation of non-target peripheral nerve fibers and avoiding changing or blocking neural activity in off-target peripheral nerve fibers in the at least one peripheral nerve to create comfortable sensations in the region of pain and produce pain relief by modulating central nervous system plasticity associated with the pain.

    Systems and methods for the treatment of pain through neural fiber stimulation

    公开(公告)号:US11344726B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-31

    申请号:US16529076

    申请日:2019-08-01

    IPC分类号: A61N1/36

    摘要: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for the treatment of pain through activation of select neural fibers. The neural fibers may comprise one or more afferent neural fibers and/or one or more efferent neural fibers. If afferent fibers are stimulated, alone or in combination with efferent fibers, a therapeutically effective amount of electrical stimulation is applied to activate afferent pathways in a manner approximating natural afferent activity. The afferent fibers may be associated with primary receptors of muscle spindles, golgi tendon organs, secondary receptors of muscle spindles, joint receptors, touch receptors, and other types of mechanoreceptors and/or proprioceptors. If efferent fibers are stimulated, alone or in combination with afferent fibers, a therapeutically effective amount of electrical stimulation is applied to activate intrafusal and/or extrafusal muscle fibers, which results in an indirect activation of afferent fibers associated therewith.