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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2012
Spinal Modulation, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniel H. Kim, Houston, TX (US);
Mir A. Imran, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jeffery M. Kramer, San Francisco, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Spinal Modulation, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments of the present invention provide stimulation systems and components for selective stimulation and/or neuromodulation of one or more dorsal root ganglia through implantation of an electrode on, in or around a dorsal root ganglia. Some other embodiments of the present invention provide methods for selective neurostimulation of one or more dorsal root ganglia as well as techniques for applying neurostimulation to the spinal cord. Still other embodiments of the present invention provide stimulation systems and components for selective stimulation and/or neuromodulation of one or more dorsal root ganglia through implantation of an electrode on, in or around a dorsal root ganglia in combination with a pharmacological agent.