Touch Screen Finger Position Indicator for a Spinal Cord Stimulation Programming Device
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1. A clinician programmer, comprising:
- a touch-sensitive screen configured to display visual content to a user;
one or more sensors configured to detect an engagement from the user with respect to the screen;
a transceiver configured to conduct telecommunications with an external monitor that is multiple times larger than the clinician programmer;
a memory storage component configured to store programming instructions; and
a computer processor configured to execute the programming instructions to perform the following tasks;
detecting, via the one or more sensors, the engagement from the user with respect to the screen;
determining one or more locations on the screen corresponding to the user engagement; and
sending signals, via the transceiver, to the external monitor to display one or more cursors on the external monitor, the one or more cursors graphically representing the one or more locations on the screen of the clinician programmer corresponding to the user engagement, respectively.
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Abstract
A method of visualizing a user interaction with a clinician programmer is disclosed. A user engagement with respect to a screen of the clinician programmer is detected via one or more sensors associated with the screen of the clinician programmer. One or more locations on the screen of the clinician programmer corresponding to the user engagement is determined. An external monitor is communicatively coupled to the clinician programmer. The external monitor displays one or more cursors that graphically represent the one or more locations on the screen of the clinician programmer corresponding to the user engagement, respectively.
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1. A clinician programmer, comprising:
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a touch-sensitive screen configured to display visual content to a user; one or more sensors configured to detect an engagement from the user with respect to the screen; a transceiver configured to conduct telecommunications with an external monitor that is multiple times larger than the clinician programmer; a memory storage component configured to store programming instructions; and a computer processor configured to execute the programming instructions to perform the following tasks; detecting, via the one or more sensors, the engagement from the user with respect to the screen; determining one or more locations on the screen corresponding to the user engagement; and sending signals, via the transceiver, to the external monitor to display one or more cursors on the external monitor, the one or more cursors graphically representing the one or more locations on the screen of the clinician programmer corresponding to the user engagement, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A medical system, comprising:
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a monitor; and a clinician programmer located remotely from the monitor, the clinician programmer being configured to program parameters of an electrical stimulation therapy for a patient, the clinician programmer including; a touch-sensitive screen configured to display visual content to a user; one or more sensors configured to detect an engagement from the user with respect to the screen; a transceiver configured to conduct telecommunications with the monitor; a memory storage component configured to store programming instructions; and a computer processor configured to execute the programming instructions to perform the following tasks; detecting, via the one or more sensors, the engagement from the user with respect to the screen; determining one or more locations on the screen corresponding to the user engagement; and sending signals, via the transceiver, to the monitor to display one or more cursors on the monitor, the one or more cursors graphically representing the one or more locations on the screen of the clinician programmer corresponding to the user engagement, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of visualizing a user interaction with a clinician programmer, the method comprising:
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detecting a user engagement with respect to a screen of the clinician programmer via one or more sensors associated with the screen of the clinician programmer; determining one or more locations on the screen of the clinician programmer corresponding to the user engagement; and displaying, via an external monitor communicatively coupled to the clinician programmer, one or more cursors that graphically represent the one or more locations on the screen of the clinician programmer corresponding to the user engagement, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An apparatus for visualizing a user interaction, the apparatus comprising:
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means for detecting a user engagement with respect to a screen of a clinician programmer, the clinician programmer being configured to program a pulse generator so that the pulse generator delivers an electrical stimulation therapy to a patient; means for determining one or more locations on the screen of the clinician programmer corresponding to the user engagement; and means for displaying or more cursors that graphically represent the one or more locations on the screen of the clinician programmer corresponding to the user engagement, respectively, wherein the means for the displaying is remotely located from, and communicatively coupled to, the clinician programmer. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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