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System for providing therapy to a patient

  • US 9,364,679 B2
  • Filed: 05/19/2015
  • Issued: 06/14/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for providing therapy to a patient comprising:

  • an implantable device having a processor configured to communicate with an external patient programmer, to monitor the patient, and to provide therapy to the patient;

    an external patient programmer having a processor configured to communicate with the implantable stimulator, to alert the patient, and to receive patient input from the patient;

    a processor configured for selectively setting between (1) a manual mode or fully automatic mode and (2) a semi-automatic mode of operation, wherein a mode of operation may be selectively and reversibly switched between said manual mode, said semi-automatic mode, and said fully automatic mode of operation;

    wherein when said either manual mode or fully automatic mode of operation has been selected, operation of said system does not request and await a patient'"'"'s input, and when said semi-automatic mode of operation has been selected, the processor being further configured for;

    determining whether an adjustment of a therapy protocol is needed for implementing an adjustment of the therapy provided by the implantable device by implementing the following steps when the adjustment is defined to occur semi-automatically and the device is in the semi-automatic mode;

    proposing the adjustment of the therapy by sending at least a first alert signal to the patient, said alert signal being selected from the group consisting of visual signal, auditory signal, vibrotactile signal, or textual signal;

    delaying implementation of the adjustment of the therapy protocol for a specified time interval awaiting a patient response; and

    ,operating the processor to implement a patient response rule that is responsive to (a) a predetermined patient response which is provided as patient input, or (b) no patient response provided by the patient within a selected interval.

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