Medical device therapy based on posture and timing
First Claim
1. A medical device system comprising:
- an implantable medical device that includes;
a therapy delivery unit that delivers therapy to a patient,a posture state module that detects a posture state of the patient,a timing unit that detects timing associated with the detected posture state, anda processor; and
a programmer device, wherein the programmer device;
receives input from a user defining a time interval, a particular posture state, and a new set of therapy parameters for the time interval and the particular posture state, andprograms the implantable medical device based on the inputs,wherein, in response to the implantable medical device being programmed based on the inputs and by the programmer device, the processor causes the therapy delivery unit to deliver therapy to the patient according to the new set of therapy parameters upon subsequently detecting the particular posture state during the time interval.
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Abstract
This disclosure describes techniques implemented by a medical device, such as an implantable medical device (IMD). The IMD may be configured to detect a posture state of a patient, and deliver posture-responsive therapy. In particular, the IMD not only detects the posture state of a patient, but also detects timing associated with the detected posture state, such as the time of day, the day of the week, or a specific time of day associated with a specific day. In this way, the posture-responsive therapy delivered by the IMD may be dependent not only on the posture state of the patient, but also on the timing associated with the posture state. The same posture state, therefore, may result in different types of therapy to the patient if the same posture occurs at different times of the day.
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45 Claims
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1. A medical device system comprising:
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an implantable medical device that includes; a therapy delivery unit that delivers therapy to a patient, a posture state module that detects a posture state of the patient, a timing unit that detects timing associated with the detected posture state, and a processor; and a programmer device, wherein the programmer device; receives input from a user defining a time interval, a particular posture state, and a new set of therapy parameters for the time interval and the particular posture state, and programs the implantable medical device based on the inputs, wherein, in response to the implantable medical device being programmed based on the inputs and by the programmer device, the processor causes the therapy delivery unit to deliver therapy to the patient according to the new set of therapy parameters upon subsequently detecting the particular posture state during the time interval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A medical device system comprising:
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an implantable medical device comprising; a therapy delivery unit that delivers therapy to a patient, a posture state module that detects a posture state of the patient, a timing unit that detects timing associated with the detected posture state, and a processor; and a programmer device, wherein the programmer device; receives input from a user that defines a therapy adjustment, and programs the processor to apply a new therapy defined by the therapy adjustment, wherein the processor determines a particular posture state of the patient at a time associated with the therapy adjustment, records the time associated with the therapy adjustment, and subsequently associates the new therapy defined by the therapy adjustment with the particular posture state and the time associated with the therapy adjustment. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A medical device system comprising
an implantable medical device comprising: -
a therapy delivery unit that delivers therapy to a patient, a posture state module that detects a posture state of the patient, a timing unit that detects timing associated with the detected posture state, and a processor; and a programmer device, wherein the programmer device; receives input from a user defining a time period, receives a selection of new therapy parameters, and programs the implantable medical device for the time period, wherein the posture state module detects a particular posture state of the patient during the time period, and wherein the processor associates the new therapy parameters with both the particular posture state during the time period and a time of day defined by the time period, and causes the therapy unit to automatically deliver therapy to the patient according to the selected new therapy parameters during the time period for one or more subsequent days upon subsequently detecting the particular posture state without any input from the user to select or adjust the therapy parameters for the implantable medical device.
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23. A system comprising:
- means for detecting a posture state of a patient;
means for detecting timing associated with the detected posture state;
means for delivering therapy to a patient device;
means for receiving input from a user defining a time interval, a particular posture state, and a new set of therapy parameters for the time interval and the particular posture state;
means for programming a medical device based on the inputs, wherein, in response to being programmed based on the inputs and by the means for programming, the medical device delivers therapy to the patient according to the new set of therapy parameters upon subsequently detecting the particular posture state during the time interval.
- means for detecting a posture state of a patient;
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24. A method comprising:
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detecting, via a posture state module of a medical device system, a posture state of a patient; detecting, via a timing unit of the medical device system, timing associated with the detected posture state; receiving, via a programmer device of the medical system, input from a user defining a time interval, a particular posture state, and a new set of therapy parameters for the time interval and the particular posture state; and delivering, via a therapy delivery unit of the medical device system, therapy to the patient according to the new set of therapy parameters upon subsequently detecting the particular posture state and the time interval. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method comprising:
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detecting, via a posture state module of a medical device system, a posture state of a patient; detecting, via a timing unit of the medical device system, timing associated with the detected posture state; receiving, via a programmer device of the medical device system, input from a user that defines a therapy adjustment; determining, via a processor of the medical device system, a particular posture state of the patient at a time associated with the therapy adjustment; recording, via the processor, the time associated with the therapy adjustment; and associating, subsequent to the determining and the recording and via the processor, a new therapy defined by the therapy adjustment with the particular posture state and the time associated with the therapy adjustment. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43)
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44. A method comprising:
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detecting, via a posture state module of a medical device system, a posture state of a patient; detecting, via a timing unit of the medical device system, timing associated with the detected posture state; receiving, via a programmer device of the medical device system, input from a user defining a time period; detecting, via the posture state module, a particular posture state of the patient during the time period; receiving, via the programmer device, a selection of new therapy parameters; associating, via a processor of the medical device system, the new therapy parameters with both the particular posture state during the time period and a time of day defined by the time period; and automatically delivering, via a therapy delivery unit of the medical device system, therapy to the patient according to the selected new therapy parameters during the time period for one or more subsequent days upon subsequently detecting the particular posture state without any input from the user to select or adjust the therapy parameters for the medical device.
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45. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed in a medical device system cause the medical device system to:
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detect a posture state of a patient via a posture state module of a medical device of the medical device system; detect timing associated with the detected posture state via a timing unit of the medical device of the medical device system; receive, via a programmer device of the medical device system, input from a user defining a time interval, a particular posture state, and a new set of therapy parameters for the time interval and the particular posture state; program a processor of the medical device system via the programmer device based on the inputs; and deliver therapy to a patient via the medical device according to the new set of therapy parameters upon subsequently detecting the posture state and the time interval via the medical device of the medical device system.
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