Method and apparatus for pain control using baroreflex sensitivity during posture change
First Claim
1. A system for providing a patient with pain management, the system comprising:
- a pain monitoring circuit including;
parameter analyzer circuitry configured to receive and analyze one or more timing parameters and one or more baroreflex parameters allowing for determination of baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) of the patient, the one or more timing parameters indicative of time intervals during which values of the one or more baroreflex parameters are used to determine the BRS and including at least one of a posture parameter or an activity parameter, the posture parameter indicative of a posture of the patient, the activity parameter indicative of a level of physical activity of the patient; and
pain score generator circuitry configured to compute a pain score using an outcome of the analysis, the pain score being a function of the BRS during the time intervals and indicative of a degree of pain of the patient;
a pain relief device configured to deliver one or more pain-relief therapies to the patient; and
a control circuit configured to control the delivery of the one or more pain-relief therapies using the computed pain score.
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Abstract
An example of a system for providing a patient with pain management includes a pain monitoring circuit. The pain monitoring circuit may include parameter analyzer circuitry and pain score generator circuitry. The parameter analyzer circuitry may be configured to receive and analyze one or more timing parameters and one or more baroreflex parameters allowing for determination of baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) of the patient. The one or more timing parameters are indicative of time intervals during which values of the one or more baroreflex parameters are used to determine the BRS. The pain score generator circuitry may be configured to compute a pain score using an outcome of the analysis. The pain score is a function of the BRS during the time intervals and indicative of a degree of pain of the patient.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for providing a patient with pain management, the system comprising:
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a pain monitoring circuit including; parameter analyzer circuitry configured to receive and analyze one or more timing parameters and one or more baroreflex parameters allowing for determination of baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) of the patient, the one or more timing parameters indicative of time intervals during which values of the one or more baroreflex parameters are used to determine the BRS and including at least one of a posture parameter or an activity parameter, the posture parameter indicative of a posture of the patient, the activity parameter indicative of a level of physical activity of the patient; and pain score generator circuitry configured to compute a pain score using an outcome of the analysis, the pain score being a function of the BRS during the time intervals and indicative of a degree of pain of the patient; a pain relief device configured to deliver one or more pain-relief therapies to the patient; and a control circuit configured to control the delivery of the one or more pain-relief therapies using the computed pain score. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for managing pain of a patient, comprising:
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receiving and analyzing one or more timing parameters and one or more baroreflex parameters allowing for determination of baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) of the patient, the one or more timing parameters indicative of time intervals during which values of the one or more baroreflex parameters are used to determine the BRS and including at least one of a posture parameter or an activity parameter, the posture parameter indicative of a posture of the patient, the activity parameter indicative of a level of physical activity of the patient; computing a pain score using an outcome of the analysis, the pain score being a function of the BRS during the time intervals and indicative of a degree of pain of the patient; delivering one or more pain-relief therapies to the patient from a pain relief device; and controlling the delivery of the one or more pain-relief therapies using the pain score. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions, which when executed by a system, cause the system to perform a method for managing pain of a patient, the method comprising:
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receiving and analyzing one or more timing parameters and one or more baroreflex parameters allowing for determination of baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) of the patient, the one or more timing parameters indicative of time intervals during which values of the one or more baroreflex parameters are used to determine the BRS and including at least one of a posture parameter indicative of a posture of the patient or an activity parameter indicative of a level of physical activity of the patient; computing a pain score using an outcome of the analysis, the pain score being a function of the BRS during the time intervals and indicative of a degree of pain of the patient; delivering one or more pain-relief therapies to the patient from a pain relief device; and controlling the delivery of the one or more pain-relief therapies using the pain score. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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