REMOTE TITRATION OF THERAPY DELIVERED BY AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- delivering a therapy from an implantable medical device to a patient according to at least one therapy program;
generating patient data with an implantable medical device system that comprises the implantable medical device, wherein the patient data relates to at least one of an efficacy or a side effect of the therapy;
transmitting the patient data from the IMD system to a remote networking device via a network; and
receiving at the implantable medical device system a programming change for the therapy from the remote networking device via the network, wherein the programming change is determined by a user at the remote networking device based on an analysis of the patient data.
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Abstract
Techniques for remotely titrating a therapy delivered using an implantable medical device system are disclosed. An implantable medical device delivers therapy according to a first program. The system collects patient data relating to at least one of an efficacy of, or side effects resulting from, the delivered therapy, and transmits the patient data to a remote network device. A clinician may then analyze the patient data and determine if changes to the therapy are warranted. The clinician may then transmit a programming change, e.g., a modification to the first program or a new, second program, to the implantable medical device system, and the implantable medical device may deliver therapy according to the changed programming. The process of receiving patient data and modifying the therapy programming may be repeated multiple times until the therapy is adequately titrated, e.g., until the patient data indicates adequate efficacy and/or acceptable side effects.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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delivering a therapy from an implantable medical device to a patient according to at least one therapy program; generating patient data with an implantable medical device system that comprises the implantable medical device, wherein the patient data relates to at least one of an efficacy or a side effect of the therapy; transmitting the patient data from the IMD system to a remote networking device via a network; and receiving at the implantable medical device system a programming change for the therapy from the remote networking device via the network, wherein the programming change is determined by a user at the remote networking device based on an analysis of the patient data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An implantable medical device system comprising:
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an implantable medical device that delivers a therapy to a patient according to at least one therapy program; and at least one device that generates patient data, wherein the patient data relates to at least one of an efficacy or a side effect of the therapy, transmits the patient data to a remote networking device via a network, and receives a programming change for the therapy from the remote networking device via the network, wherein the programming change is determined by a user at the remote networking device based on an analysis of the patient data. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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receiving patient data from an implantable medical device system at a remote networking device via a network, wherein the implantable medical device system comprises an implantable medical device that delivers a therapy according to at least one therapy program, and the patient data relates to at least one of an efficacy or a side effect of the therapy delivered by the implantable medical device; analyzing the patient data at the remote networking device; determining, based on the analysis of the data, a programming change for the therapy; and transmitting the programming change to the implantable medical device system via the network. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A remote networking device comprising:
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a communication module; a user interface; and a processor that; receives patient data from an implantable medical device system via a network and the communication module, wherein the implantable medical device system comprises an implantable medical device that delivers a therapy according to at least one therapy program, and the patient data relates to at least one of an efficacy or a side effect of the therapy delivered by the implantable medical device, presents the patient data to a user via the user interface, receives a programming change, based on an analysis of the patient data, for the therapy via the user interface, and transmits the programming change to the implantable medical device system via the network and the communication module. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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