System and method of managing medical device historical data
First Claim
1. A method of operating a medical device system for providing a controllable therapy to a patient, the system comprising an implantable medical device and an external controller, the method comprising:
- operating the implantable medical device, over a period of time, to provide a plurality of therapy regimes to the patient, each therapy regime being defined by one or more operational parameter values, the operational parameter values being communicated to the implantable medical device by the external controller;
storing and maintaining one or more prior operational parameter values for a respective therapy regime in a historical information memory of the implantable medical device upon communication of one or more new operational parameter values from the external controller;
storing and maintaining clinician notes in association with stored operational parameter values in the historical information memory of the implantable medical device; and
operating the external controller to retrieve and display one or more clinician notes from the implantable medical device when input is received from a clinician to modify an operational parameter value to a value that substantially corresponds to a value that has been previously been utilized by the implantable medical device to provide a therapy regime to the patient.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods which provide management of historical information associated with a medical device, such as an implantable neurostimulation pulse generator, drug pump, cardiac device, hearing enhancement device, or vision enhancement device. Such management of historical information includes storage of historical information within an associated medical device. Historical information stored within a medical device may provide a complete summary of the use, configuration, and operation of the medical device, e.g., information spanning the entire in-service life of the medical device. Historical information for which management is provided may include both static data and dynamic data. The historical information may be used in configuring the medical device, analyzing the operation of the medical device, autonomously altering operation of the medical device, etcetera.
-
Citations
5 Claims
-
1. A method of operating a medical device system for providing a controllable therapy to a patient, the system comprising an implantable medical device and an external controller, the method comprising:
-
operating the implantable medical device, over a period of time, to provide a plurality of therapy regimes to the patient, each therapy regime being defined by one or more operational parameter values, the operational parameter values being communicated to the implantable medical device by the external controller; storing and maintaining one or more prior operational parameter values for a respective therapy regime in a historical information memory of the implantable medical device upon communication of one or more new operational parameter values from the external controller; storing and maintaining clinician notes in association with stored operational parameter values in the historical information memory of the implantable medical device; and operating the external controller to retrieve and display one or more clinician notes from the implantable medical device when input is received from a clinician to modify an operational parameter value to a value that substantially corresponds to a value that has been previously been utilized by the implantable medical device to provide a therapy regime to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
-
Specification
-
- Resources
-
Current AssigneeAdvanced Neuromodulation Systems Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories)
-
Original AssigneeAdvanced Neuromodulation Systems Incorporated (Abbott Laboratories)
-
InventorsMcCormick, Robert L. Jr., Blischak, Brian R., Hill, Roger J.
-
Primary Examiner(s)Layno; Carl H
-
Assistant Examiner(s)PATEL, NATASHA
-
Application NumberUS11/157,023Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,982 DaysField of Search607 30- 32, 607/59, 607/63US Class Current607/31CPC Class CodesA61M 2205/52 with memories providing a h...A61M 5/14276 specially adapted for impla...A61N 1/37 Monitoring; ProtectingA61N 1/37211 Means for communicating wit...A61N 1/37252 Details of algorithms or da...A61N 1/37254 Pacemaker or defibrillator ...A61N 1/3925 Monitoring; ProtectingG16H 40/40 for the management of medic...
