Methods of providing neural markers for sensed autonomic nervous system activity
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- sensing nerve traffic representative of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity using an implantable medical device (IMD);
extracting features from the sensed nerve traffic;
creating ANS neural markers for the extracted features, the ANS neural markers including information for the ANS neural markers regarding the extracted features; and
displaying a list of the ANS neural markers using an external device, including displaying both labels for the ANS neural markers and the information for the ANS neural markers in the list, wherein displaying the information for the ANS neural markers in the list includes displaying events correlated with the ANS neural markers in the list.
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Abstract
In various method embodiments, a neural activity signal is sensed, a feature from the sensed neural activity signal is extracted, and a neural marker for the extracted feature is created. The neural marker includes information regarding the extracted feature. Various device embodiments comprise a port to receive a neural activity signal, and a feature extractor adapted to receive and process the neural activity signal to produce a neural marker that includes information for the neural activity signal. Various device embodiments comprise a display, a memory adapted to store a neural marker associated with a sensed neural activity signal, and a controller adapted to communicate with the memory and the display to provide a representation of the neural marker on the display.
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45 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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sensing nerve traffic representative of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity using an implantable medical device (IMD); extracting features from the sensed nerve traffic; creating ANS neural markers for the extracted features, the ANS neural markers including information for the ANS neural markers regarding the extracted features; and displaying a list of the ANS neural markers using an external device, including displaying both labels for the ANS neural markers and the information for the ANS neural markers in the list, wherein displaying the information for the ANS neural markers in the list includes displaying events correlated with the ANS neural markers in the list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method, comprising:
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sensing nerve traffic representative of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity using an implantable medical device (IMD); extracting features from the sensed nerve traffic; creating ANS neural markers for the extracted features, the ANS neural markers including information for the ANS neural markers regarding the extracted features; displaying a list of the ANS neural markers using an external device, including displaying both labels for the ANS neural markers and the information for the ANS neural markers in the list; and automatically providing status information for an applied therapy based on the ANS neural markers using the IMD or using the external device to communicate to the IMD, wherein the IMD is configured to apply the therapy. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A method, comprising:
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sensing nerve traffic representative of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity using an implantable medical device (IMD); extracting features from the sensed nerve traffic; creating ANS neural markers for the extracted features, the ANS neural markers including information for the ANS neural markers regarding the extracted features; displaying a list of the ANS neural markers using an external device, including displaying both labels for the ANS neural markers and the information for the ANS neural markers in the list; forming ANS neurograms from the sensed nerve traffic; and displaying portions of the ANS neurograms with a representation identifying the ANS neural markers within the ANS neurograms. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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40. A method, comprising:
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sensing nerve traffic representative of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity using an implantable medical device (IMD); extracting features from the sensed nerve traffic; creating ANS neural markers for the extracted features, the ANS neural markers including information for the ANS neural markers regarding the extracted features; and displaying a list of the ANS neural markers using an external device, including displaying both labels for the ANS neural markers and the information for the ANS neural markers in the list, wherein the information includes an indicator of a location for the ANS activity.
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41. A method, comprising:
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sensing nerve traffic representative of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity using an implantable medical device (IMD); extracting features from the sensed nerve traffic; creating ANS neural markers for the extracted features, the ANS neural markers including information for the ANS neural markers regarding the extracted features; and displaying a list of the ANS neural markers using an external device, including displaying both labels for the ANS neural markers and the information for the ANS neural markers in the list, wherein the information includes an indicator of a neural pathway type.
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42. A method, comprising:
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sensing nerve traffic representative of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity using an implantable medical device (IDM); extracting features from the sensed nerve traffic; creating ANS neural markers for the extracted features, the ANS neural markers including information for the ANS neural markers regarding the extracted features; and displaying a list of the ANS neural markers using an external device, including displaying both labels for the ANS neural markers and the information for the ANS neural markers in the list, wherein displaying the information for the ANS neural markers in the list includes displaying locations of the sensed nerve traffic from which the ANS neural markers are created.
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43. A method, comprising:
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sensing nerve traffic representative of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity using an implantable medical device (IMD); extracting features from the sensed nerve traffic; creating ANS neural markers for the extracted features, the ANS neural markers including information for the ANS neural markers regarding the extracted features; and displaying a list of the ANS neural markers using an external device, including displaying both labels for the ANS neural markers and the information for the ANS neural markers in the list, wherein displaying the information for the ANS neural markers in the list includes displaying neural pathway identifiers to identify neural pathways of the sensed nerve traffic. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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45. A method, comprising:
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sensing nerve traffic representative of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity using an implantable medical device (IMD); extracting features from the sensed nerve traffic; creating ANS neural markers for the extracted features, the ANS neural markers including information for the ANS neural markers regarding the extracted features; and displaying a list of the ANS neural markers using an external device, including displaying both labels for the ANS neural markers and the information for the ANS neural markers in the list, wherein displaying the information for the ANS neural markers in the list includes displaying frequencies of signals corresponding to the sensed nerve traffic.
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