User interface with toolbar for programming electrical stimulation therapy
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- presenting on a display at least one view of a representation of a stimulation region and a first field shape group within the representation of the stimulation region;
presenting on the display a manipulation tool menu that is adjacent to the representation of the stimulation region and has a plurality of icons, each of the icons associated with a different manipulation operation for manipulation of the first field shape group;
receiving selection input selecting one of the icons from the manipulation tool menu and, in response to the selection input, enabling a user interface to receive manipulation input manipulating the first field shape group in accordance with the manipulation operation associated with the selected icon to form a second field shape group in the representation of the stimulation region; and
subsequent to the formation of the second field shape group, generating electrical stimulation parameter values based upon the second field shape group,wherein each of the field shape groups comprises one or more shapes representing one or more stimulation fields able to be applied to the stimulation region by a medical device, andwherein the manipulation operations comprise a rotate manipulation of the first field shape group around an anchor point within the first field shape group and at least two of a move, a stretch, a grow, a shrink, a split, and a merge manipulation of the first field shape group.
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Abstract
The disclosure is directed to a user interface with a menu that facilitates stimulation therapy programming. The user interface displays a representation of the electrical leads implanted in the patient and at least one menu with icons that the user can use to adjust the stimulation therapy. The user may drag one or more field shapes from a field shape selection menu onto the desired location relative to the electrical leads. A manipulation tool menu may also allow the user to adjust the field shapes placed on the electrical leads, which represent the stimulation region. The programmer that includes the user interface then generates electrical stimulation parameter values for the stimulator to deliver stimulation according to the field shapes or field shape groups defined/located by the user. The field shapes may represent different types of stimulation representations, such as current density, activation functions, and neuron models.
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27 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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presenting on a display at least one view of a representation of a stimulation region and a first field shape group within the representation of the stimulation region; presenting on the display a manipulation tool menu that is adjacent to the representation of the stimulation region and has a plurality of icons, each of the icons associated with a different manipulation operation for manipulation of the first field shape group; receiving selection input selecting one of the icons from the manipulation tool menu and, in response to the selection input, enabling a user interface to receive manipulation input manipulating the first field shape group in accordance with the manipulation operation associated with the selected icon to form a second field shape group in the representation of the stimulation region; and subsequent to the formation of the second field shape group, generating electrical stimulation parameter values based upon the second field shape group, wherein each of the field shape groups comprises one or more shapes representing one or more stimulation fields able to be applied to the stimulation region by a medical device, and wherein the manipulation operations comprise a rotate manipulation of the first field shape group around an anchor point within the first field shape group and at least two of a move, a stretch, a grow, a shrink, a split, and a merge manipulation of the first field shape group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A programmer comprising:
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a display; a processor that presents on the display at least one view of a representation of a stimulation region, a first field shape group within the representation of the stimulation region, and a manipulation tool menu that is adjacent to the representation of the stimulation region and has a plurality of icons, each of the icons associated with a different manipulation operation for manipulation of the first field shape group; and a user interface that receives selection input selecting one of the icons from the manipulation tool menu and, in response to the selection input, is enabled to receive manipulation input manipulating the first field shape group in accordance with the manipulation operation associated with the selected icon to form a second field shape group within the representation of the stimulation region, wherein, subsequent to the formation of the second field shape group, the processor generates electrical stimulation parameter values based upon the second field shape group, wherein each of the field shape groups comprises one or more shapes representing one or more stimulation fields able to be applied to the stimulation region by a medical device, and wherein the manipulation operations comprise a rotate manipulation of the first field shape group around an anchor point within the first field shape group and at least two of a move, a rotate, a stretch, a grow, a shrink, a split, and a merge manipulation of the first field shape group. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer readable medium comprising instructions that cause a processor to:
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present on a display at least one view of a representation of a stimulation region and a first field shape group within the representation of the stimulation region; present on the display a manipulation tool menu that is adjacent to the representation of the stimulation region and has a plurality of icons, each of the icons associated with a different manipulation operation for manipulation of the first field shape group; receive selection input selecting one of the icons from the manipulation tool menu and, in response to the selection input, is enabled to receive manipulation input manipulating the first field shape group in accordance with the manipulation operation associated with the selected icon to form a second field shape group; and subsequent to the formation of the second field shape group, generate electrical stimulation parameter values based upon the second field shape group, wherein each of the field shape groups comprises one or more shapes representing one or more stimulation fields able to be applied to the stimulation region by a medical device, and wherein the manipulation operations comprise a rotate manipulation of the first field shape group around an anchor point within the first field shape group and at least two of a move, a rotate, a stretch, a grow, a shrink, a split, and a merge manipulation of the first field shape group. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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