US 12,280,257 B2
Precise targeting in a spinal cord stimulation system
Ismael Huertas Fernandez, Seville (ES); and Que T. Doan, West Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,503.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/195,899, filed on Jun. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0387808 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36132 (2013.01) [A61N 1/36071 (2013.01); A61N 1/3615 (2013.01); A61N 1/36182 (2013.01); A61N 1/37241 (2013.01); A61N 1/37247 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implementable using an external device in communication with a stimulator device having a plurality of electrodes forming an electrode array, the method comprising:
providing stimulation at a first location in the electrode array;
receiving at a user interface of the external device a plurality of inputs for each of a plurality of body regions, wherein the plurality of inputs are indicative of how well the stimulation at the first location is targeting the patient's symptoms, wherein one of the plurality of inputs comprises a pain score;
computing a value for each of the body regions using the plurality of inputs for each body region;
determining using the values at least a direction from the first location in which the stimulation can be moved in the electrode array to better target the patient's symptoms; and
programming the stimulator device to move the stimulation to a second location in the electrode array in accordance with the direction.