Collecting activity information to evaluate incontinence therapy
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- monitoring a signal that varies as a function of patient activity;
periodically determining an activity level of the patient based on the signal, wherein periodically determining an activity level comprises periodically determining a number of activity counts;
associating each of the determined activity levels with a therapy parameter set used by a medical device to deliver a therapy to a patient to treat incontinence when the activity level was determined; and
determining a value of an activity metric for each of a plurality of therapy parameter sets based on activity levels associated with the therapy parameter sets.
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Abstract
A medical device delivers a therapy to a patient. The medical device may periodically determine an activity level of the patient, and associate each determined activity level with a current therapy parameter set. A value of at least one activity metric is determined for each of a plurality of therapy parameter sets based on the activity levels associated with that therapy parameter set. A list of the therapy parameter sets is presented to a user, such as a clinician, for evaluation of the relative efficacy of the therapy parameter sets. The list may be ordered according to the one or more activity metric values to aid in evaluation of the therapy parameter sets. Where values are determined for a plurality of activity metrics, the list may be ordered according to the one of the activity metrics selected by the user.
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31 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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monitoring a signal that varies as a function of patient activity; periodically determining an activity level of the patient based on the signal, wherein periodically determining an activity level comprises periodically determining a number of activity counts; associating each of the determined activity levels with a therapy parameter set used by a medical device to deliver a therapy to a patient to treat incontinence when the activity level was determined; and determining a value of an activity metric for each of a plurality of therapy parameter sets based on activity levels associated with the therapy parameter sets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A medical system comprising:
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a medical device that delivers a therapy to a patient to treat incontinence; and a processor that monitors a signal that varies as a function of patient activity, periodically determines an activity level of the patient based on the signal, associates each of the determined activity levels with a therapy parameter set used by the medical device to deliver the therapy to the patient when the activity level was determined, and determines a value of an activity metric for each of a plurality of therapy parameter sets based on activity levels associated with the therapy parameter sets, wherein, for each of the therapy parameter sets, the processor determines at least one of a mean or a median of activity levels associated with the therapy parameter set. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A medical system comprising:
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a medical device that delivers a therapy to a patient to treat incontinence; and a processor that monitors a signal that varies as a function of patient activity, periodically determines an activity level of the patient based on the signal, associates each of the determined activity levels with a therapy parameter set used by the medical device to deliver the therapy to the patient when the activity level was determined, and determines a value of an activity metric for each of a plurality of therapy parameter sets based on activity levels associated with the therapy parameter sets, wherein, for each of the therapy parameter sets, the processor compares each of the activity levels associated with the therapy parameter set to a threshold value, and determines as the activity metric value for the therapy parameter set at least one of a percentage of time above the threshold and a percentage of time below the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A medical system comprising:
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a medical device that delivers a therapy to a patient to treat incontinence; and a processor that monitors a signal that varies as a function of patient activity, periodically determines an activity level of the patient based on the signal, associates each of the determined activity levels with a therapy parameter set used by the medical device to deliver the therapy to the patient when the activity level was determined, and determines a value of an activity metric for each of a plurality of therapy parameter sets based on activity levels associated with the therapy parameter sets, wherein, for each of the plurality of parameter sets, the processor compares each of the activity levels associated with the therapy parameter set to a threshold value, and determines an average length of time that consecutively determined activity lexels were above the threshold as the activity metric value for the parameter set.
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28. A method comprising:
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monitoring a signal that varies as a function of patient activity; periodically determining an activity level of the patient based on the signal; associating each of the determined activity levels with a therapy parameter set used by a medical device to deliver a therapy to a patient to treat incontinence when the activity level was determined; and determining a value of an activity metric for each of a plurality of therapy parameter sets based on activity levels associated with the therapy parameter sets, wherein determining a value of an activity metric comprises determining at least one of a mean or a median of activity levels associated with the therapy parameter set. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. A method comprising:
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monitoring a signal that varies as a function of patient activity; periodically determining an activity level of the patient based on the signal; associating each of the determined activity levels with a therapy parameter set used by a medical device to deliver a therapy to a patient to treat incontinence when the activity level was determined; and determining a value of an activity metric for each of a plurality of therapy parameter sets based on activity levels associated with the therapy parameter sets, wherein determining a value of an activity metric for a therapy parameter set comprises; comparing each of the activity levels associated with the therapy parameter set to a threshold value; and determining at least one of a percentage of time above the threshold and a percentage of time below the threshold.
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31. A method comprising:
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monitoring a signal that varies as a function of patient activity; periodically determining an activity level of the patient based on the signal; associating each of the determined activity levels with a therapy parameter set used by a medical device to deliver a therapy to a patient to treat incontinence when the activity level was determined; and determining a value of an activity metric for each of a plurality of therapy parameter sets based on activity levels associated with the therapy parameter sets, wherein determining a value of an activity metric for a therapy parameter set comprises; comparing each of the activity levels associated with the therapy parameter set to a threshold value; and determining an average length of time that consecutively determined activity levels associated with the therapy parameter set were above the threshold.
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