CONTROLLERS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
First Claim
1. A patient therapy control device, comprising:
- a hand-held housing having a first portion and a second portion, with the first and second portions positioned at or pivotable to a non-zero, non-normal tilt angle relative to each other;
a wireless communication device carried by the first portion;
an input/output device carried by the second portion; and
a controller carried by at least one of the first and second portions, the controller being coupled to the input/output device and the wireless communication device, the controller being programmed with instructions for directing the delivery of therapeutic electromagnetic signals by an in-patient signal delivery device.
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Abstract
Controllers for implantable medical devices, and associated methods are disclosed. A device in accordance with one embodiment includes a hand-held housing, an image display device carried by the housing, and an input device carried by the housing. In particular embodiments, one portion of the housing can be rotatable relative to the other, or at a fixed, non-zero angle relative to the other, with the image display device and the input device carried by one portion and a wireless communication device carried by the other portion. A controller can be operatively coupled to the image display device to control the orientation of an image (e.g., whether the image is upright or inverted), presented at the display device in response to a signal received from the input device. The image can include a user-selectable icon, e.g., for controlling parameters associated with delivering therapeutic electromagnetic signals to a patient. Inverting the image can give both a patient and a practitioner improved access to the device.
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48 Claims
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1. A patient therapy control device, comprising:
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a hand-held housing having a first portion and a second portion, with the first and second portions positioned at or pivotable to a non-zero, non-normal tilt angle relative to each other; a wireless communication device carried by the first portion; an input/output device carried by the second portion; and a controller carried by at least one of the first and second portions, the controller being coupled to the input/output device and the wireless communication device, the controller being programmed with instructions for directing the delivery of therapeutic electromagnetic signals by an in-patient signal delivery device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A patient therapy control device, comprising:
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a hand-held housing; an image display device carried by the housing; an input device; and a controller operatively coupled to the image display device to provide a display signal to the image display device, the controller further being coupled to the input device and being programmed with instructions to control the orientation of an image, including a user-selectable icon, presented at the image display device in response to a signal received from the input device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A patient therapy control device, comprising:
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a hand-held housing; an image display device carried by the housing, the image display device having a first display portion and a second display portion; an input device; and a controller operatively coupled to the image display device to provide a display signal to the image display device, the controller being programmed with instructions to present an image with a first orientation at the first display portion, and present the image with a second orientation inverted relative to the first orientation at the second display portion, the image including a user-selectable icon. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A computer-readable medium for controlling a patient therapy device, the computer-readable medium having instructions for:
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directing a user-selectable icon to have a first orientation relative to a display medium at which the icon is displayed, the user-selectable icon corresponding to a parameter with which electromagnetic signals are applied to a patient'"'"'s central nervous system; directing the user-selectable icon to invert from a first orientation to a second, inverted orientation in response to receiving a first input signal; and directing the user-selectable icon to revert to the first orientation in response to receiving a second input signal. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method for operating a display medium for controlling a patient therapy device, the method comprising:
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presenting a user-selectable icon with a first orientation relative to a display medium at which the icon is presented, the user-selectable icon corresponding to a parameter with which electromagnetic signals are applied to a patient'"'"'s central nervous system; receiving inputs via selection of the icon while the icon has the first orientation; presenting the user-selectable icon with a second, inverted orientation in response to receiving a first signal; receiving inputs via selection of the icon while the icon has the second orientation; and presenting the user-selectable icon with the first orientation in response to receiving a second signal. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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