Flagging of electrodes of an implantable medical device, controller, system and method therefore
First Claim
1. A controller for an implantable medical device having a plurality of electrodes, said implantable medical device capable of delivering therapeutic stimulation to a patient using at least one of said plurality of electrodes, comprising:
- a user interface configured to provide selection by a user from among said plurality of electrodes creating a selected set of electrodes;
a control module; and
an electrode interface operatively coupled between said plurality of electrodes and said control module;
said control module using said electrode interface to obtain a plurality of measurements of an integrity metric for said plurality of electrodes in said selected set of electrodes;
said control module flagging an individual one of said plurality of electrodes in said selected set of electrodes based on said plurality of measurements;
wherein said controller captures meta data related to said flagging of said individual one of said plurality of electrodes;
wherein said control module is configured to automatically inhibit delivery of said therapeutic stimulation on said flagged individual one of said plurality of electrodes; and
wherein said user interface is configured to provide control of said control module by a user and wherein inhibition of delivery of said therapeutic stimulation may be overridden by said user via said user interface.
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Abstract
Method, controller and system for an implantable medical device having a plurality of electrodes, the implantable medical device capable of delivering therapeutic stimulation to a patient, comprising a control module, a user interface operatively coupled to the control module, the user interface providing control of the control module by a medical professional or other user, and an electrode interface operatively coupled between the plurality of electrodes and the control module. The control module uses the electrode interface to obtain a plurality of measurements of impedance values for a plurality of selected pairs of individual ones of the plurality of electrodes. The control module flags electrodes using the plurality of measurements of impedance values of the selected pairs of individual ones of the plurality of electrodes comparative to a range, and the delivery of therapy on flagged electrodes is inhibited.
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39 Claims
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1. A controller for an implantable medical device having a plurality of electrodes, said implantable medical device capable of delivering therapeutic stimulation to a patient using at least one of said plurality of electrodes, comprising:
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a user interface configured to provide selection by a user from among said plurality of electrodes creating a selected set of electrodes; a control module; and an electrode interface operatively coupled between said plurality of electrodes and said control module; said control module using said electrode interface to obtain a plurality of measurements of an integrity metric for said plurality of electrodes in said selected set of electrodes; said control module flagging an individual one of said plurality of electrodes in said selected set of electrodes based on said plurality of measurements; wherein said controller captures meta data related to said flagging of said individual one of said plurality of electrodes; wherein said control module is configured to automatically inhibit delivery of said therapeutic stimulation on said flagged individual one of said plurality of electrodes; and wherein said user interface is configured to provide control of said control module by a user and wherein inhibition of delivery of said therapeutic stimulation may be overridden by said user via said user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for delivering therapeutic stimulation to a patient, comprising:
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an implantable medical device having a plurality of electrodes; and a controller, comprising; a user interface configured to provide selection by a user from among said plurality of electrodes creating a selected set of electrodes; a control module; an electrode interface operatively coupled between said plurality of electrodes and said control module; said control module using said electrode interface to obtain a plurality of measurements of an integrity metric for said plurality of electrodes in said selected set of electrodes; and said control module flagging an individual one of said plurality of electrodes in said selected set of electrodes based on said plurality of measurements; wherein said controller captures meta data related to said flagging of said individual one of said plurality of electrodes; wherein said control module is configured to automatically inhibit delivery of said therapeutic stimulation on said flagged individual one of said plurality of electrodes; and wherein said user interface is configured to provide control of said control module by a user and wherein inhibition of delivery of said therapeutic stimulation may be overridden by said user via said user interface. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for delivering therapeutic stimulation to a patient using an implantable medical device having a plurality of electrodes, comprising the steps of:
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selecting, by a user, from among said plurality of electrodes creating a selected set of electrodes; obtaining a plurality of measurements of an integrity metric for said plurality of electrodes in said selected set of electrodes; flagging an individual one of said plurality of electrodes in said selected set of electrodes based on said plurality of measurements; capturing meta data related to said flagging of an individual one of said plurality of electrodes; automatically inhibiting delivery of said therapeutic stimulation on said individual one of said plurality of electrodes that is flagged; and a user overriding said automatically inhibited delivery of said therapeutic stimulation. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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