Systems and methods for extending the life of an implanted pulse generator battery
First Claim
1. A method for establishing charge parameters for a battery-powered implantable medical device, comprising:
- receiving a patient-specific therapy signal parameter;
based at least in part on the patient-specific therapy signal parameter, determining a discharge rate for a battery of the implantable medical device;
based at least in part on the discharge rate, determining a therapy run time;
based at least in part on the therapy run time, determining at least one battery charging parameter; and
charging the battery of the implantable medical device using the determined at least on battery charging parameter.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for extending the life of an implanted pulse generator battery are disclosed. A representative method for establishing charge parameters for a battery-powered implantable medical device includes receiving a patient-specific therapy signal parameter and, based at least in part on the patient-specific therapy signal parameter, determining a discharge rate for a battery of the implanted medical device. The method can further include determining a therapy run time, based at least in part on the discharge rate. The method can still further include determining at least one battery charging parameter, based at least in part on the run time.
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39 Claims
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1. A method for establishing charge parameters for a battery-powered implantable medical device, comprising:
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receiving a patient-specific therapy signal parameter; based at least in part on the patient-specific therapy signal parameter, determining a discharge rate for a battery of the implantable medical device; based at least in part on the discharge rate, determining a therapy run time; based at least in part on the therapy run time, determining at least one battery charging parameter; and charging the battery of the implantable medical device using the determined at least on battery charging parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for establishing charge parameters for a battery-powered implantable medical device, comprising:
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receiving, at the battery-powered implantable medical device, a patient-specific therapy signal amplitude; based on a therapy signal frequency value, a therapy pulse width and the patient-specific therapy signal amplitude, determining a discharge rate for a battery of the implantable medical device; receiving, at the battery-powered implantable medical device, a battery-specific battery characteristic that includes a battery-specific number of prior charging cycles; receiving, at the battery-powered implantable medical device, a patient-specific charging characteristic that includes a charging frequency value; based on the discharge rate, the battery-specific battery characteristic, and the charging characteristic, determining a run time; based at least in part on the discharge rate and the run time, determining at least one battery charging parameter; and charging the battery of the implantable medical device using the determined at least one battery charging parameter. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A method for programming a battery-powered implantable medical device, comprising:
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programming the implantable medical device with instructions that, when executed; receive at least one patient-specific therapy signal parameter; direct a patient therapy signal to a signal delivery device in accordance with the at least one patient-specific therapy signal parameter; based at least on the at least one patient-specific therapy signal parameter, determine a discharge rate for a battery of the implantable medical device; based at least in part on the discharge rate, determine a therapy run time; based at least in part on the therapy run time, determine at least one battery charging parameter; and charge the battery of the implantable medical device using the determined at least one battery charging parameter. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An implantable medical device, comprising:
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an implantable housing; and a pulse generator carried by the housing, the pulse generator being programmed with instructions that, when executed; receive at least one patient-specific therapy signal parameter; direct a patient therapy signal to a signal delivery device in accordance with the at least one patient-specific therapy signal parameter; based at least on the at least one patient-specific therapy signal parameter, determine a discharge rate for a battery of the implantable medical device; based at least in part on the discharge rate, determine a therapy run time; based at least in part on the therapy run time, determine at least one battery charging parameter; and charge the battery of the implantable medical device using the determined at least one battery charging parameter. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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