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Implantable medical device providing adaptive neurostimulation therapy for incontinence

  • US 8,744,585 B2
  • Filed: 04/28/2005
  • Issued: 06/03/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, in an external programmer during application of neurostimulation therapy, information that is provided by a patient and that relates to efficacy of the neurostimulation therapy being delivered to the patient by an implanted neurostimulator to manage urinary incontinence;

    sensing, via at least one sensor, information related to efficacy of neurostimulation therapy delivered by an implanted neurostimulator;

    adjusting, in a processor, one or more stimulation parameters associated with the neurostimulation therapy being applied to the patient by applying a set of adaptive logic to the received information and the sensed information to formulate an adjustment of a stimulation parameter based on both the sensed information and the received information;

    submitting the adjusted parameters for approval by a clinician;

    if approval is received, then inputting the adjusted parameters from the programmer to the implanted neurostimulator, and otherwise stopping without inputting the adjusted parameters to the implanted neurostimulator.

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