Proactive interactive limits override for implantable medical device user interface
First Claim
1. A system comprising an external device including:
- a communication unit configured to communicate information with an implantable medical device (IMD);
a programming interface including a display; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the communication circuit and the programming interface, wherein the processor includes;
a parameter analyzer configured to apply a rule to a combination of operating parameter values of the IMD to determine operating parameter interaction; and
wherein;
the display includes a first warning that is displayed when the parameter analyzer determines that a combination of operating parameter values entered via the programming interface is not allowed;
the display includes a second warning that is displayed when the parameter analyzer determines that a combination of operating parameters values entered via the programming interface is allowable but not recommended, the second warning including text identifying a specific risk reason why the combination of operating parameter values is allowable but not recommended, and wherein the combination of operating parameters values that is allowable but not recommended and the text content of the second warning are a function of whether the programming interface is local to or remote from the IMD; and
the processor is configured to enable programming of the allowable but not recommended combination of operating parameter values associated with the second warning into the IMD only after a user overrides the second warning by affirmatively acknowledging having read the second warning, wherein the acknowledgement of the second warning is received from the user via the programming interface.
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Abstract
An external device includes a communication circuit, a programming interface including a display, and a processor. The processor includes a parameter analyzer to apply a rule to a combination of operating parameter values of the IMD to determine operating parameter interaction. The display includes a first warning that is displayed when the parameter analyzer determines that a combination of operating parameter values entered via the programming interface is not allowed, and a second warning that is displayed when the parameter analyzer determines that a combination of operating parameters values entered via the programming interface is allowable but not recommended. The processor is configured to program the operating parameter values associated with the second warning into the IMD only after a user acknowledgement of the second warning is received from a user via the programming interface.
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15 Claims
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1. A system comprising an external device including:
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a communication unit configured to communicate information with an implantable medical device (IMD); a programming interface including a display; and a processor communicatively coupled to the communication circuit and the programming interface, wherein the processor includes; a parameter analyzer configured to apply a rule to a combination of operating parameter values of the IMD to determine operating parameter interaction; and
wherein;the display includes a first warning that is displayed when the parameter analyzer determines that a combination of operating parameter values entered via the programming interface is not allowed; the display includes a second warning that is displayed when the parameter analyzer determines that a combination of operating parameters values entered via the programming interface is allowable but not recommended, the second warning including text identifying a specific risk reason why the combination of operating parameter values is allowable but not recommended, and wherein the combination of operating parameters values that is allowable but not recommended and the text content of the second warning are a function of whether the programming interface is local to or remote from the IMD; and the processor is configured to enable programming of the allowable but not recommended combination of operating parameter values associated with the second warning into the IMD only after a user overrides the second warning by affirmatively acknowledging having read the second warning, wherein the acknowledgement of the second warning is received from the user via the programming interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving from a user, at an external device, a combination of operating parameter values for an implantable medical device (IMD); applying a rule, using the external device, to the combination of operating parameter values to determine operating parameter interaction; displaying a first warning when a disallowed combination of operating parameter values is received from the user; displaying a second warning when an allowable but not recommended combination of operating parameter values is received from the user, the second warning including text identifying a specific risk reason why the combination of operating parameter values is allowable but not recommended, and wherein the combination of operating parameters values that is allowable but not recommended and the text content of the second warning are a function of whether a programming interface of the external device is local to or remote from the IMD; and enabling the combination of allowable but not recommended operating parameter values associated with the second level warning to be programmed into the IMD only after affirmatively acknowledging having read the second warning via the programming interface of the external device to override the second warning. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving from a user, at an external device, a combination of operating parameter values for an implantable medical device (IMD); means for applying a rule, using the external device, to the combination of operating parameter values to determine operating parameter interaction; means for displaying a first warning when a disallowed combination of operating parameter values is received from the user; means for displaying a second warning when an allowable but not recommended combination of operating parameter values is received from the user, the second warning including text identifying a specific risk reason why the combination of operating parameter values is allowable but not recommended, and wherein the combination of operating parameters values that is allowable but not recommended and the text content of the second warning are a function of whether a programming interface of the external device is local to or remote from the IMD; and means for enabling the combination of allowable but not recommended operating parameter values associated with the second level warning to be programmed into the IMD only after affirmatively acknowledging having read the second warning via the programming interface of the external device to override the second warning.
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