METHOD AND SYSTEM TO FACILITATE NEUROSTIMULATOR PROGRAMMING BASED ON PRE-EXISTING THERAPY PROFILES
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1. A method to assist in programming of a neurostimulator based on a collection of pre-existing therapy profiles, the method comprising:
- obtaining a new patient profile for a new patient receiving a neurostimulator, the new therapy profile including at least one of i) a planned lead attribute, ii) a new pain map, and iii) a new stimulation map for the new patient receiving the neurostimulator;
accessing a collection of pre-existing therapy profiles derived from prior actual patients or patient models, the pre-existing therapy profiles including stimulation programs mapped to pre-existing patient profiles, the pre-existing patient profiles having at least one of i) prior lead attribute, ii) prior pain maps, and iii) prior stimulation maps for prior patients or models of patients;
comparing the new patient profile with at least a portion of the collection of pre-existing patient profiles to generate profile matching scores indicating an amount of similarity between the pre-existing patient and the new therapy profile; and
producing a list of candidate therapy profiles that includes at least one potential stimulation program that is mapped to at least one pre-existing patient profile having a profile matching score that satisfied a match threshold.
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Abstract
A method and system are provided to assist in programming of a neurostimulator based on a collection of pre-existing therapy profiles. The method and system access a collection of pre-existing therapy profiles derived from prior actual patients or patient models. The pre-existing therapy profiles include stimulation programs mapped to pre-existing patient profiles. The pre-existing patient profiles have at least one of i) prior lead attribute, ii) prior pain maps, and iii) prior stimulation maps for prior patients or models of patients. The method and system further compare the new patient profile with at least a portion of the collection of pre-existing patient profiles to generate profile matching scores indicating an amount of similarity between the pre-existing patient and the new therapy profile.
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22 Claims
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1. A method to assist in programming of a neurostimulator based on a collection of pre-existing therapy profiles, the method comprising:
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obtaining a new patient profile for a new patient receiving a neurostimulator, the new therapy profile including at least one of i) a planned lead attribute, ii) a new pain map, and iii) a new stimulation map for the new patient receiving the neurostimulator; accessing a collection of pre-existing therapy profiles derived from prior actual patients or patient models, the pre-existing therapy profiles including stimulation programs mapped to pre-existing patient profiles, the pre-existing patient profiles having at least one of i) prior lead attribute, ii) prior pain maps, and iii) prior stimulation maps for prior patients or models of patients; comparing the new patient profile with at least a portion of the collection of pre-existing patient profiles to generate profile matching scores indicating an amount of similarity between the pre-existing patient and the new therapy profile; and producing a list of candidate therapy profiles that includes at least one potential stimulation program that is mapped to at least one pre-existing patient profile having a profile matching score that satisfied a match threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system to assist in programming a neurostimulator based on a collection of pre-existing therapy profiles, the system comprising:
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an input device to obtain a new patient profile for a new patient receiving a neurostimulator, the new therapy profile including at least one of i) a planned lead attribute, ii) a new pain map, and iii) a new stimulation map for the new patient receiving the neurostimulator; a storage storing a collection of pre-existing therapy profiles derived from prior actual patients or patient models, the pre-existing therapy profiles including stimulation programs mapped to pre-existing patient profiles, the pre-existing patient profiles having at least one of i) prior lead attributes, ii) prior pain maps, and iii) prior stimulation maps for prior patients or models of patients; a comparator module to compare the new patient profile with at least a portion of the collection of pre-existing patient profiles to generate profile matching scores indicating an amount of similarity between the pre-existing patient profiles and the new therapy profile; and a candidate module to produce a list of candidate therapy profiles that includes at least one potential stimulation program that is mapped to at least one pre-existing patient profile having a profile matching score that satisfied a match threshold. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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