System and apparatus for automated quantitative assessment, optimization and logging of the effects of a therapy
First Claim
1. A method for optimizing the effect of a therapy, comprising:
- determining a wave rhythmicity of brain activity of a subject, wherein said wave rhythmicity is measured using an autocorrelation function (ACF), andapplying a therapy to a target tissue of said subject at a first time, wherein said target tissue and said first time are based upon said wave rhythmicity.
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Abstract
A method for assessment, optimization and logging of the effects of a therapy for a medical condition, including (a) receiving into a signal processor input signals indicative of the subject'"'"'s brain activity; (b) characterizing the spatio-temporal behavior of the brain activity using the signals; (c) delivering a therapy to a target tissue of the subject; (d) characterizing the spatio-temporal effect of the therapy on the brain activity; (e) in response to the characterizing, optimizing at least one parameter of the therapy if the brain activity has not been satisfactorily modified and/or has been adversely modified by the therapy; (f) characterizing the spatio-temporal effect of the at least one optimized parameter; and (g) logging to memory the at least one optimized parameter. A computer readable program storage unit encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, performs the method.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for optimizing the effect of a therapy, comprising:
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determining a wave rhythmicity of brain activity of a subject, wherein said wave rhythmicity is measured using an autocorrelation function (ACF), and applying a therapy to a target tissue of said subject at a first time, wherein said target tissue and said first time are based upon said wave rhythmicity. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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2. A method for optimizing the effect of a therapy, comprising:
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estimating the level of synchrony within one brain epileptogenic region, wherein said estimating said level of said synchrony comprises determining a level of wave rhythmicity within said brain epileptogenic region, wherein said wave rhythmicity is measured using an autocorrelation function (ACF), and determining if said level of synchrony is above or below a value associated with a high probability of blockage of an epileptic event when said therapy is applied; and delivering said therapy to a target tissue of a subject. - View Dependent Claims (3, 11)
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12. A computer readable program storage unit encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, performs a method of optimizing the effects of a therapy, the method comprising:
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(a) determining the spatio-temporal behavior of one or more of a patient'"'"'s seizures and said patient'"'"'s response to a therapy in one or more dimensions, at one or more sites, at one or more points in time, at one or more time-scales, and at one or more frequencies, wherein said determining said spatio-temporal behavior comprises determining a level of wave rhythmicity within said brain epileptogenic region, wherein said wave rhythmicity is measured using an autocorrelation function (ACF); (b) building a probability density function based on said spatio-temporal behavior; (c) creating a library of seizure features; (d) cataloging the one or more seizures according to a degree of similarity to at least one of the seizure or therapy response features; (e) classifying said one or more seizures as known or unknown; (f) creating a library of treatment and parameter modalities; (g) classifying said treatment modalities as beneficial or detrimental; (h) saving at least one feature of said one or more seizures into a library of unmatched events if it does not match a known seizure type; (i) saving at least one therapy response to a beneficial treatment library if it is beneficial or to a detrimental treatment library if it is detrimental; (j) optimizing the therapy parameters; (k) saving the optimized parameters; and (l) delivery of said therapy comprising the optimized parameters to a target tissue of said patient. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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