Associating therapy adjustments with patient posture states
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- detecting a plurality of patient adjustments to electrical stimulation therapy delivered to a patient during multiple instances of a sensed posture state;
associating, by at least one processor, the detected patient adjustments with the sensed posture state of the patient; and
storing the associations of the detected patient adjustments with the sensed posture state in a memory, wherein at least two of the associations are maintained in the memory for the sensed posture state.
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Abstract
The disclosure provides a method for associating a detected therapy adjustment to a posture state and storing the association with a plurality of associations for the posture state. In a record mode, an implantable medical device is configured to store therapy adjustments for each posture state and allow a user to find efficacious therapy based upon review of the associations made during therapy. The system may determine the associations through implementation of a posture search timer and a posture stability timer. These timers allow the system to correctly associate therapy adjustments to posture states when the patient anticipates the posture change by adjusting therapy before engaging in the desired posture state. An external programmer may present a range of the therapy adjustments for each posture state to allow a user to review the therapy adjustments that have been made during the therapy.
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31 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting a plurality of patient adjustments to electrical stimulation therapy delivered to a patient during multiple instances of a sensed posture state; associating, by at least one processor, the detected patient adjustments with the sensed posture state of the patient; and storing the associations of the detected patient adjustments with the sensed posture state in a memory, wherein at least two of the associations are maintained in the memory for the sensed posture state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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an input device that receives a plurality of patient adjustments to electrical stimulation therapy delivered to a patient during multiple instances of a sensed posture state; a processor that associates the received patient adjustments with the sensed posture state of the patient; and a memory that stores the associations of the received patient adjustments with the sensed posture state, wherein at least two of the associations are maintained in the memory for the sensed posture state. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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means for detecting a plurality of patient adjustments to electrical stimulation therapy delivered to a patient during multiple instances of a sensed posture state; means for associating the detected patient adjustments with the sensed posture state of the patient; and means for storing the associations of the detected patient adjustments with the sensed posture state, wherein at least two of the associations are maintained in the means for storing the associations for the sensed posture state. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An external programmer for an implantable medical device, the programmer comprising:
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an input device that receives a plurality of patient adjustments to electrical stimulation therapy delivered to the patient by the implantable medical device during multiple instances of a sensed posture state; a telemetry interface that receives a sensed posture state from the implantable medical device and transmits the received patient adjustments to the implantable medical device; a processor that associates the received patient adjustments with the sensed posture state of the patient; and a memory that stores the associations of the received adjustments with the sensed posture state, wherein at least two of the associations are maintained in the memory for the sensed posture state.
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31. An implantable medical device comprising:
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a stimulation generator that delivers electrical stimulation therapy to a patient; a posture sensing module that senses a posture state of the patient; a telemetry interface that receives patient adjustments to the electrical stimulation therapy from an external programmer during multiple instances of a plurality of sensed postured states; a processor that associates the received adjustments with a sensed posture state of the patient; and a memory that stores the associations of the received adjustments with the sensed posture state, wherein at least two of the associations are maintained in the memory for the sensed posture state.
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