Sequenced therapy protocols for an implantable medical device
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1. A method of operating an implantable medical device (IMD) to provide neurostimulation, the method comprising:
- operating a first therapy program from a therapy sequence for a first therapy time, wherein a plurality of neurostimulation therapy programs comprising the therapy sequence are stored in the IMD before any of the neurostimulation therapy programs are operated;
the IMD automatically operating a second therapy from the therapy sequence in the IMD for a second therapy time following the first therapy time; and
the IMD automatically repeating the therapy programs in the therapy sequence.
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the invention, a method comprises (a) implementing a first therapy in an implantable medical device (IMD) from a programmed sequence of therapies for a first time period, (b) implementing a second therapy from the sequence in the IMD for a second time period following the first time period, and repeating (a) and (b).
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23 Claims
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1. A method of operating an implantable medical device (IMD) to provide neurostimulation, the method comprising:
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operating a first therapy program from a therapy sequence for a first therapy time, wherein a plurality of neurostimulation therapy programs comprising the therapy sequence are stored in the IMD before any of the neurostimulation therapy programs are operated; the IMD automatically operating a second therapy from the therapy sequence in the IMD for a second therapy time following the first therapy time; and the IMD automatically repeating the therapy programs in the therapy sequence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23)
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10. A method, comprising:
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operating a first therapy program in an implantable neurostimulator, wherein the implantable neurostimulator stores the first therapy program and a plurality of additional therapy programs; automatically causing the implantable neurostimulator to sequence through the plurality of additional therapy programs in a therapy sequence; and after the therapy sequence, automatically operating and continuing the first therapy program in the neurostimulator and not automatically repeating automatically causing the implantable neurostimulator to sequence through the plurality of additional therapy programs in the therapy sequence. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. An implantable medical device (IMD), comprising:
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an electrical signal generator configured to provide an electrical signal to stimulate a neural structure of a patient; a controller coupled to the electrical signal generator, the controller configured to cause a plurality of therapy programs to be operated by the electrical signal generator in an automatic, cyclically-repeated sequence; and wherein the plurality of therapy programs are stored in the IMD before the automatic, cyclically-repeated sequence begins. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An implantable medical device, comprising:
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an electrical signal generator configured to provide an electrical signal to stimulate a neural structure of a patient; a controller coupled to the electrical signal generator, the controller configured to automatically cause a first therapy program operated by the electrical signal generator to be interrupted, a plurality of therapy programs to subsequently be implemented in programmed sequence automatically by the electrical signal generator, and the first therapy program to again be operated automatically; and storage internal to the implantable medical device in which the first therapy program and the plurality of therapy programs are pre-stored. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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