US 12,214,198 B2
Systems and methods for the treatment of pain through neural fiber stimulation
Maria E. Bennett, Beachwood, OH (US); Joseph W. Boggs, II, Carrboro, NC (US); Warren M. Gill, Chapel Hill, NC (US); and John Chae, Strongsville, OH (US)
Assigned to SPR Therapeutics, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed by SPR Therapeutics, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/132,530.
Application 16/132,530 is a continuation of application No. 14/336,688, filed on Jul. 21, 2014, granted, now 10,076,663.
Application 14/336,688 is a continuation of application No. 13/309,107, filed on Dec. 1, 2011, granted, now 8,788,047, issued on Jul. 22, 2014.
Application 13/309,107 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/294,875, filed on Nov. 11, 2011, granted, now 10,668,285.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/418,768, filed on Dec. 1, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/418,801, filed on Dec. 1, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/412,685, filed on Nov. 11, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2019/0015663 A1, Jan. 17, 2019
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36071 (2013.01) [A61N 1/36017 (2013.01); A61N 1/36021 (2013.01); A61N 1/36057 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical stimulation system comprising:
a percutaneous lead consisting of a single contact electrode, wherein the single contact electrode is configured to be inserted in-vivo a therapeutically effective distance from a target afferent nerve fiber; and
an external electrical stimulator operatively coupled with the single contact electrode, wherein the external electrical stimulator is configured to provide electrical stimulation through the single contact electrode to the target afferent nerve fiber, wherein the external electrical stimulation comprises a waveform configured to generate an action potential in the target afferent nerve fiber while avoiding generation of unwanted responses in non-target nerve fibers.