Anti-habituating sleep therapy for a closed loop neuromodulator
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1. A system for providing anti-habituating sleep therapy, the system comprising:
- a closed loop neuromodulator configured to receive first activity information from a patient, to detect a first sleep disorder event using the first activity information, and to provide, in response to the first sleep disorder event, a first series of stimuli using a set of stimulation parameters;
wherein the first series of stimuli includes;
a first stimulus configured to not interrupt the first sleep disorder event; and
a second stimulus, following the first stimulus, the second stimulus having more energy than the first stimulus and configured to interrupt the first sleep disorder event;
wherein the closed loop neuromodulator is configured to detect a habituation event and to adjust an anti-habituation stimulation parameter in response to the detected habituation event;
wherein the habituation event includes habituation to the first series of stimuli, and wherein the closed loop neuromodulator is configured to detect the habituation to the first series of stimuli using at least one of;
a stimulus energy threshold;
a number of stimuli in the first series of stimuli;
ora duration of the first sleep disorder event;
wherein the closed loop neuromodulator is configured to adjust the anti-habituation stimulation parameter after an energy of the first series of stimuli exceeds the stimulus energy threshold; and
wherein the energy of the first series of stimuli includes at least one of;
an average energy of the first series of stimuli;
a total energy of the first series of stimuli;
oran energy of one stimulus of the first series of stimuli.
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Abstract
This document discusses, among other things, a system and method for anti-habituating sleep therapy using a closed loop neuromodulator. A first sleep disorder event can be detected using first activity information, and a first series of stimuli can be provided, in response to the first sleep disorder event, using a set of stimulus parameters. A habituation event can be detected and anti-habituation stimulation parameter can be adjusted to avoid patient habituation to the stimuli.
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1. A system for providing anti-habituating sleep therapy, the system comprising:
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a closed loop neuromodulator configured to receive first activity information from a patient, to detect a first sleep disorder event using the first activity information, and to provide, in response to the first sleep disorder event, a first series of stimuli using a set of stimulation parameters; wherein the first series of stimuli includes; a first stimulus configured to not interrupt the first sleep disorder event; and a second stimulus, following the first stimulus, the second stimulus having more energy than the first stimulus and configured to interrupt the first sleep disorder event; wherein the closed loop neuromodulator is configured to detect a habituation event and to adjust an anti-habituation stimulation parameter in response to the detected habituation event; wherein the habituation event includes habituation to the first series of stimuli, and wherein the closed loop neuromodulator is configured to detect the habituation to the first series of stimuli using at least one of; a stimulus energy threshold; a number of stimuli in the first series of stimuli;
ora duration of the first sleep disorder event; wherein the closed loop neuromodulator is configured to adjust the anti-habituation stimulation parameter after an energy of the first series of stimuli exceeds the stimulus energy threshold; and wherein the energy of the first series of stimuli includes at least one of; an average energy of the first series of stimuli; a total energy of the first series of stimuli;
oran energy of one stimulus of the first series of stimuli. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing anti-habituating sleep therapy, the method comprising:
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receiving first activity information from a patient using a closed loop neuromodulator; detecting, using the closed loop neuromodulator, a first sleep disorder event using the first activity information; providing, using the closed loop neuromodulator and in response to the first sleep disorder event, a first series of stimuli using a set of stimulation parameters, including; providing a first stimulus configured to not interrupt the first sleep disorder event; and providing a second stimulus, after the first stimulus, the second stimulus having more energy than the first stimulus and configured to interrupt the first sleep disorder event; detecting a habituation event using the closed loop neuromodulator; adjusting, using the closed loop neuromodulator, an anti-habituation stimulation parameter in response to the detected habituation event; wherein the detecting the habituation event includes detecting habituation to the first series of stimuli including using at least one of; a stimulus energy threshold; a number of stimuli in the first series of stimuli;
ora duration of the first sleep disorder event; wherein the adjusting the anti-habituation stimulation parameter includes adjusting an anti-habituation stimulation parameter after an energy of the first series of stimuli exceeds the stimulus energy threshold; and wherein the energy of the first series of stimuli includes at least one of; an average energy of the first series of stimuli; a total energy of the first series of stimuli;
oran energy of one stimulus of the first series of stimuli. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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