Generic multi-step therapeutic treatment protocol
First Claim
1. A therapeutic treatment device adapted to be implanted within a patient'"'"'s body, the treatment device including a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a processor to store generic therapeutic treatment protocol parameters to thereby define a specific therapeutic treatment protocol by performing steps comprising:
- storing at least one user-selectable treatment-step duration and at least one user-selectable treatment rate or dose corresponding, respectively, to a user-selectable number of one or more treatment steps;
storing in response to a downlink at least one user-selectable number indicative of a number of treatment steps to be included in one or more corresponding treatment step groups;
storing at least one treatment-step-group repetition count for at least one of the treatment-step groups; and
storing, for at least one of the treatment-step groups, an absolute start time and an absolute end time.
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Abstract
A generic treatment protocol is disclosed for therapeutically treating a patient via an implantable treatment device. Treatment steps can be defined to start and end at absolute times, or can be programmed via telemetry to start a certain amount of time after termination of a previously executed treatment step. Treatment steps have a treatment rate or dose attribute and a duration attribute. Treatment steps may optionally enable patient-activated bolus overlays. Patient-activated rate or dosage adjustments can also optionally be enabled. Repeated-execution treatment-step groups are also provided. Such treatment-step groups can have start and end times, a group duration, and a group total dose, each defined in a manner similar to that for a treatment step. Treatment-step groups include a repetition count, which could be set to a value that causes the group to repeat forever. Single execution treatment steps can, accordingly, be programmed to execute before and/or after a repeated-execution treatment-step group.
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29 Claims
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1. A therapeutic treatment device adapted to be implanted within a patient'"'"'s body, the treatment device including a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a processor to store generic therapeutic treatment protocol parameters to thereby define a specific therapeutic treatment protocol by performing steps comprising:
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storing at least one user-selectable treatment-step duration and at least one user-selectable treatment rate or dose corresponding, respectively, to a user-selectable number of one or more treatment steps;
storing in response to a downlink at least one user-selectable number indicative of a number of treatment steps to be included in one or more corresponding treatment step groups;
storing at least one treatment-step-group repetition count for at least one of the treatment-step groups; and
storing, for at least one of the treatment-step groups, an absolute start time and an absolute end time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A therapeutic treatment device adapted to be implanted within a patient'"'"'s body, the treatment device having a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, providing treatment steps and treatment-step groups, the device further comprising input means adapted to receive input from the user for selecting the number, duration and rate or dose of each of said treatment steps;
- wherein said number is more than one and indicates the number of treatment steps to be included in one or more corresponding treatment-step-groups, and wherein said input means is further adapted to receive input from the user to select a treatment-step-group repetition count and a treatment step group duration.
- View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A therapy treatment device configured to be implanted within a patient'"'"'s body, the therapy treatment device comprising:
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a housing;
a processor mounted in the housing an antenna in communication with the processor; and
a memory including computer executable instructions for causing the processor to perform the steps;
(a) receiving a downlink containing a treatment protocol;
(b) storing in the memory at least one user-selectable treatment-step duration and at least one user-selectable treatment rate or dose corresponding, respectively, to a user-selectable number of one or more treatment steps;
(b) storing in the memory least one user-selectable number indicative of a number of treatment steps to be included in one or more corresponding treatment step groups; and
(c) storing at least one treatment-step-group repetition count for at least one of the treatment-step groups. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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