User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Important therapy information
- 3 Introduction to stimulation
- 4 Using your patient programmer
- How the patient programmer works
- Synchronizing and displaying the Therapy screen
- Guidelines for adjusting your stimulation
- Turning your neurostimulator ON or OFF
- Adjusting stimulation settings
- Patient programmer batteries
- Summary of keys
- Preferences: Changing the audio, contrast, and number format
- Using the carrying case and labeling the patient programmer
- Optional detachable antenna
- 5 Troubleshooting
- 6 Maintenance
- 7 Appendix A: Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
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Indication – The purpose of the
neurostimulation system and the medical
condition for which it may be implanted.
Information screen – A screen displayed
on the patient programmer that alerts you to
a problem with the programmer, antenna, or
neurostimulator.
Lead – A thin wire with protective coating
that has metal electrodes on one end and a
connector on the other.
Neurostimulation system – Components
that deliver electrical pulses to block pain
signals as they move to the brain.
Neurostimulator – The power source of a
neurostimulation system. It contains the
battery and electronics that control the
stimulation you feel.
Parameter – One of three stimulation
settings that adjust the electrical pulse:
amplitude, pulse width, and rate.