Neuromodulation system and method for automatically adjusting stimulation parameters to optimize power consumption
First Claim
1. An electrical neuromodulation system, comprising:
- an external control device configured for receiving input from a user;
a neuromodulation device configured for communicating with the external control device, and configured for delivering electrical energy to at least one electrode in accordance with a modulation parameter value; and
control/processing circuitry configured for automatically performing a process to optimize power consumption that includes (a) adjusting the modulation parameter value to create a currently adjusted modulation parameter value to decrease energy consumption of the neuromodulation device, (b) instructing the neuromodulation device to deliver the electrical energy to the at least one electrode in accordance with the currently adjusted modulation parameter value, (c) determining whether a manual parameter adjustment was made by the user in response to step (b), and (d) repeating steps (a)-(c) until it is determined that the manual parameter adjustment was made by the user in response to step (b), and then determining that a previously-adjusted parameter value is an optimized modulation parameter value that minimizes the energy consumption of the neuromodulation device when delivering the electrical energy to the at least one electrode.
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Abstract
An electrical neuromodulation system configured for minimizing energy consumption of a neuromodulation device includes an external control device configured for receiving input from a user, the neuromodulation device in communication with the external control device, and control/processing circuitry. The control/processing circuitry is configured for automatically (a) adjusting a modulation parameter value (e.g., by a step size) to create a currently adjusted modulation parameter value that decreases the energy consumption of the neuromodulation device, (b) instructing the neuromodulation device to deliver electrical energy to at least one electrode in accordance with the currently adjusted modulation parameter value, (c) determining whether a manual parameter adjustment was made by the user in response to step (b), and (d) if the manual parameter adjustment was not made, deeming the currently adjusted modulation parameter value as a previously adjusted modulation parameter value and repeating steps (a)-(d).
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34 Claims
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1. An electrical neuromodulation system, comprising:
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an external control device configured for receiving input from a user; a neuromodulation device configured for communicating with the external control device, and configured for delivering electrical energy to at least one electrode in accordance with a modulation parameter value; and control/processing circuitry configured for automatically performing a process to optimize power consumption that includes (a) adjusting the modulation parameter value to create a currently adjusted modulation parameter value to decrease energy consumption of the neuromodulation device, (b) instructing the neuromodulation device to deliver the electrical energy to the at least one electrode in accordance with the currently adjusted modulation parameter value, (c) determining whether a manual parameter adjustment was made by the user in response to step (b), and (d) repeating steps (a)-(c) until it is determined that the manual parameter adjustment was made by the user in response to step (b), and then determining that a previously-adjusted parameter value is an optimized modulation parameter value that minimizes the energy consumption of the neuromodulation device when delivering the electrical energy to the at least one electrode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of minimizing energy consumption of a neuromodulation device, the method comprising automatically:
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(a) adjusting a modulation parameter value to create a currently adjusted modulation parameter value to decrease the energy consumption of the neuromodulation device; (b) delivering electrical energy from the neuromodulation device to at least one electrode adjacent a target tissue site in accordance with the currently adjusted modulation parameter value, thereby modulating the target tissue site; (c) determining whether a manual parameter adjustment was made by a user in response to step (b); and (d) repeating steps (a)-(c) until it is determined that the manual parameter adjustment was made by the user in response to step (b), and then determining that a previously-adjusted parameter value is an optimized modulation parameter value that minimizes the energy consumption of the neuromodulation device when delivering the electrical energy to the at least one electrode. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An electrical neuromodulation system, comprising:
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an external control device configured to receive input from a user; a neuromodulation device configured to communicate with the external control device and to deliver electrical energy to at least one electrode in accordance with a modulation parameter value; and control/processing circuitry configured to automatically perform a process to optimize power consumption for the neuromodulation device that includes; adjusting the modulation parameter value to create a currently adjusted modulation parameter value to decrease the energy consumption of the neuromodulation device, and instructing the neuromodulation device to deliver the electrical energy to the at least one electrode in accordance with the currently adjusted modulation parameter value, and then determining whether a manual parameter adjustment was made by the user in response to delivery of the electrical energy to the at least one electrode in accordance with the currently adjusted parameter value; and repeating the adjusting, the instructing and the determining until it is determined that the manual parameter adjustment was made by the user, and then determining that the previously-adjusted parameter value is an optimized modulation parameter value that minimizes energy consumption of the neuromodulation device when delivering the electrical energy to the at least one electrode. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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