Adjustment of posture-responsive therapy
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- controlling delivery of therapy to a patient from a medical device, wherein the therapy is delivered to the patient according to a detected posture state of the patient; and
automatically adjusting at least one aspect of the therapy delivered from a medical device based at least in part on one or more of time or patient posture state behavior,wherein automatically adjusting at least one aspect of therapy comprises suspending posture state detection or decreasing a posture state detection frequency.
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Abstract
In general, the disclosure relates to the delivery of therapy according to a detected posture state of a patient. The disclosure contemplates a variety of techniques for managing therapy delivered to a patent. In one example, the disclosure relates to a technique including delivering therapy to a patient from a medical device, wherein the therapy is delivered to the patient according to a detected posture state of the patient; and automatically adjusting at least one aspect of the therapy delivered from a medical device based at least in part on one or more of time or patient posture state behavior, wherein automatically adjusting at least one aspect of therapy comprises suspending at least one aspect of the therapy or decreasing a posture state detection frequency.
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35 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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controlling delivery of therapy to a patient from a medical device, wherein the therapy is delivered to the patient according to a detected posture state of the patient; and automatically adjusting at least one aspect of the therapy delivered from a medical device based at least in part on one or more of time or patient posture state behavior, wherein automatically adjusting at least one aspect of therapy comprises suspending posture state detection or decreasing a posture state detection frequency. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system comprising:
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a timing unit configured to determine time; and a processor configured to control a therapy module to deliver therapy to a patient according to a detected posture state of the patient, and automatically adjust at least one aspect of the therapy delivered from a medical device based at least in part on one or more of time or patient posture state behavior, wherein the processor at least one of suspends posture state detection or decreases a posture state detection frequency to automatically adjust the at least one aspect of the therapy. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system comprising:
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means for delivering therapy to a patient from a medical device, wherein the therapy is delivered to the patient according to a detected posture state of the patient; and means for automatically adjusting at least one aspect of the therapy delivered from a medical device based at least in part on one or more of time or patient posture state behavior, wherein automatically adjusting at least one aspect of therapy comprises suspending posture state detection or decreasing a posture state detection frequency.
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35. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for causing one or more processors to:
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control delivery of therapy to a patient from a medical device, wherein the therapy is delivered to the patient according to a detected posture state of the patient; and automatically adjust at least one aspect of the therapy delivered from a medical device based at least in part on one or more of time or patient posture state behavior, wherein the instructions may cause the one or more processor to suspend posture state detection or decrease a posture state detection frequency to automatically adjust at least one aspect of the therapy.
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