COLLECTING SLEEP QUALITY INFORMATION VIA A MEDICAL DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- monitoring at least one physiological parameter of a patient;
determining a value of a metric that is indicative of sleep quality based on the at least one physiological parameter;
identifying a current therapy parameter used by a medical device to deliver a therapy to a patient when the value of the metric was determined, wherein the therapy comprises at least one of a movement disorder therapy, psychological disorder therapy, or deep brain stimulation; and
associating the sleep quality metric value with the current therapy parameter set.
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Abstract
At least one of a medical device, such as an implantable medical device, a monitor, and a computing device determines values for one or more metrics that indicate the quality of a patient'"'"'s sleep. Sleep efficiency, sleep latency, and time spent in deeper sleep states are example sleep quality metrics for which values may be determined. In some embodiments, determined sleep quality metric values are associated with a current therapy parameter set. In some embodiments, a programming device presents sleep quality information to a user based on determined sleep quality metric values. A clinician may use the sleep quality information presented by the programming device to evaluate the effectiveness of therapy delivered to the patient by the medical device, to adjust the therapy delivered by the medical device, or to prescribe a therapy not delivered by the medical device in order to improve the quality of the patient'"'"'s sleep.
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32 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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monitoring at least one physiological parameter of a patient;
determining a value of a metric that is indicative of sleep quality based on the at least one physiological parameter;
identifying a current therapy parameter used by a medical device to deliver a therapy to a patient when the value of the metric was determined, wherein the therapy comprises at least one of a movement disorder therapy, psychological disorder therapy, or deep brain stimulation; and
associating the sleep quality metric value with the current therapy parameter set. - 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 medical system comprising:
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a medical device that delivers at least one of a movement disorder therapy, psychological disorder therapy, or deep brain stimulation to a patient;
a monitor that monitors at least one physiological parameter of the patient based on a signal received from at least one sensor; and
a processor that determines a value of a metric that is indicative of sleep quality based on the at least one physiological parameter, identifies a current therapy parameter set used by the medical device to deliver the therapy to the patient when the value of the sleep quality metric was determined, and associates the sleep quality metric value with the current therapy parameter set. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions that cause a processor to:
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monitor at least one physiological parameter of a patient;
determine a value of a metric that is indicative of sleep quality based on the at least one physiological parameter;
identify a current therapy parameter used by a medical device to deliver a therapy to a patient when the value of the metric was determined, wherein the therapy comprises at least one of a movement disorder therapy, psychological disorder therapy, or deep brain stimulation; and
associate the sleep quality metric value with the current therapy parameter set. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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