Simple control of complex bio-implants
First Claim
1. A method of adjusting the operation of an implantable medical device, comprising:
- receiving access to selectively activate from among a plurality of technical parameter sets preconfigured for use with the implantable medical device, wherein the parameter sets are ordered according to their effect on a clinical parameter affected by operation of the device;
monitoring the response of the clinical parameter to activation of a first of the preconfigured parameter sets ordered between at least two others of the preconfigured parameter sets; and
activating one of the other two preconfigured parameter sets, based on the ordering of the parameter sets, the monitoring of the clinical parameter and a clinical target for the clinical parameter.
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Abstract
Methods and devices for tying management of an implantable medical device to the activities of a primary care physician are described, including access control, simplified parameter optimization, support for tuning a device in response to the effects of other treatments in parallel, and support for helping a primary physician and a patient work together to tune device configuration to the activity and performance needs of the patient. In some embodiments, a medical device is self-configuring in a device parameter domain, based on inputs provided in a patient performance domain. The self-configuring of the medical device is based, for example, on an automatically applied transformation of inputs derived from patient performance domain observations into changes in the configuration of the medical device which affect technical parameters of its operation.
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1. A method of adjusting the operation of an implantable medical device, comprising:
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receiving access to selectively activate from among a plurality of technical parameter sets preconfigured for use with the implantable medical device, wherein the parameter sets are ordered according to their effect on a clinical parameter affected by operation of the device; monitoring the response of the clinical parameter to activation of a first of the preconfigured parameter sets ordered between at least two others of the preconfigured parameter sets; and activating one of the other two preconfigured parameter sets, based on the ordering of the parameter sets, the monitoring of the clinical parameter and a clinical target for the clinical parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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