CONTROLLING THERAPY BASED ON SLEEP QUALITY
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- monitoring at least one physiological parameter of a patient via a medical device that delivers at least one of a movement disorder therapy, psychological disorder therapy, or deep brain stimulation to a patient;
determining a value of a metric that is indicative of sleep quality based on the at least one physiological parameter; and
controlling delivery of the least one of the movement disorder therapy, psychological disorder therapy, or deep brain stimulation by the medical device based on the sleep quality metric value.
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Abstract
A medical device, such as an implantable medical device (IMD), determines values for one or more metrics that indicate the quality of a patient'"'"'s sleep, and controls delivery of a therapy based on the sleep quality metric values. For example, the medical device may compare a sleep quality metric value with one or more threshold values, and adjust the therapy based on the comparison. In some embodiments, the medical device adjusts the intensity of therapy based on the comparison, e.g., increases the therapy intensity when the comparison indicates that the patient'"'"'s sleep quality is poor. In some embodiments, the medical device automatically selects one of a plurality of therapy parameter set available for use in delivering therapy based on a comparison sleep quality metric values associated with respective therapy parameter sets within the plurality of available therapy parameter sets.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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monitoring at least one physiological parameter of a patient via a medical device that delivers at least one of a movement disorder therapy, psychological disorder therapy, or deep brain stimulation to a patient;
determining a value of a metric that is indicative of sleep quality based on the at least one physiological parameter; and
controlling delivery of the least one of the movement disorder therapy, psychological disorder therapy, or deep brain stimulation by the medical device based on the sleep quality metric value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A medical device comprising:
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a therapy module to deliver at least one of a movement disorder therapy, psychological disorder therapy, or deep brain stimulation to a patient; and
a processor to monitor at least one physiological parameter of a patient based on at least one signal received from at least one sensor, determine a value of a metric that is indicative of sleep quality based on the at least one physiological parameter, and control delivery of the at least one of the movement disorder therapy, psychological disorder therapy, or deep brain stimulation by the therapy module based on the sleep quality metric value. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions that cause a programmable processor to:
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monitor at least one physiological parameter of a patient via a medical device delivers at least one of a movement disorder therapy, psychological disorder therapy, or deep brain stimulation to the patient;
determine a value of a metric that is indicative of sleep quality based on the at least one physiological parameter; and
control delivery of the at least one of the movement disorder therapy, psychological disorder therapy, or deep brain stimulation by the medical device based on the sleep quality metric value.
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