Stimulation response profiles
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsLouis P. Vera-Portocarrero, Nathan A. Torgerson, Melanie D. Goodman Keiser
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Abstract
Techniques for providing therapy to a patient via electrical stimulation are described. The techniques include, for example, determining, relative to a start time of providing the electrical stimulation, one or more efficacy times that correspond to an efficacy indicator, determining, according to the efficacy times, efficacy data items for the patient, comparing the efficacy data items with the efficacy indicator, and generating, based on the comparison, a prediction of an expected response to the therapy manifesting in the patient at a prospective time.
Claims19
A method for providing therapy to a patient via electrical stimulation, the method comprising:
- determining, relative to a start time of providing the therapy, one or more efficacy times that correspond to an efficacy indicator, wherein determining the one or more efficacy times comprises:
- determining a set of stimulation parameters that correspond to the therapy;
- and
- determining, based at least in part on the set of stimulation parameters, the one or more efficacy times;
- determining, according to the efficacy times, efficacy data items for the patient, the efficacy data items indicative of a response profile defined by one or more response variables;
- comparing the efficacy data items with the efficacy indicator;
- and
- generating, based on the comparison, a prediction of an expected response to the therapy manifesting in the patient at a prospective time.
A system for providing therapy to a patient via electrical stimulation, the system comprising:
- a memory configured to store an efficacy indicator including one or more efficacy times, the efficacy indicator corresponding to an electrical stimulation treatment for the patient;
- and
- one or more processors in communication with the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
- identify a set of stimulation parameters defining the electrical stimulation treatment;
- determine, based at least in part on the set of stimulation parameters, the one or more efficacy times that correspond to the efficacy indicator;
- determine efficacy data items for the patient, the efficacy data items indicative of a response profile defined by one or more response variables, wherein the response profile corresponds to the one or more efficacy times, wherein to determine the efficacy data items, the one or more processors are further configured to receive, via user input, the efficacy data items in accordance with the one or more efficacy times;
- compare the efficacy data items with the efficacy indicator;
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- generate, based on the comparison, an efficacy prediction of long-term efficacy of the electrical stimulation treatment as indicated by an extrapolation of the response profile over time.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to at least:
- identify a set of stimulation parameters defining an electrical stimulation treatment for a patient;
- determine, based at least in part on the set of stimulation parameters, one or more efficacy times that correspond to an efficacy indicator;
- determine, at the efficacy times, efficacy data items for the patient, the efficacy data items indicative of a response profile defined by one or more response variables, wherein the one or more response variables correspond to one or more pain scores, wherein each pain score represents, in response to the therapy, a particular level of pain relief perceived by the patient;
- compare the efficacy data items with the efficacy indicator;
- and
- generate, based on the comparison, a prediction of the electrical stimulation treatment invoking an expected response in the patient over time relative to a start time of the electrical stimulation treatment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.