Point-and-click programming for deep brain stimulation using real-time monopolar review trendlines

A method for selecting stimulation parameters for a leadwire implanted in patient tissue, the method comprising:

• for each of a plurality of values for a particular stimulation parameter, each of the values corresponding to a respective electric field, obtaining, by a processor, clinical effect information regarding a stimulation of the patient tissue produced by the respective electric field at each of a plurality of locations about the leadwire;
• displaying a graph plotting the obtained clinical effect information against the values for the particular stimulation parameter and the locations about the leadwire;
• receiving a user selection of a point on the graph, wherein the point corresponds to a first value of the particular stimulation parameter and a first location about the leadwire;
• programming an implantable pulse generator with the first value of the particular stimulation parameter and a selection of one or more electrodes on the leadwire corresponding to the first location about the leadwire to produce electrical stimulation;
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• stimulating the patient tissue using the first value of the particular stimulation parameter and the selection of one or more electrodes on the leadwire corresponding to the first location about the leadwire.

A method for selecting stimulation parameters for a leadwire implanted in patient tissue and comprising a plurality of electrodes, wherein the plurality of electrodes comprises at least one set of two or more directional electrodes, wherein the directional electrodes of each set are disposed at a same longitudinal level of the leadwire but at different circumferential positions, the method comprising:

• for each of a plurality of values for a particular stimulation parameter, each of the values corresponding to a respective electric field produced by a combination of one or more electrodes of the leadwire, obtaining, by a processor, clinical effect information regarding stimulation of the patient tissue produced by the respective electric field;
• displaying a graph plotting the obtained clinical effect information as data points, wherein each data point is characterized by an angle of rotation and a radius from a center of the graph, wherein the radius corresponds to the value for the particular stimulation parameter for the data point and the angle of rotation corresponds to a direction characterizing the electric field for the data point;
• receiving a user selection of a point on the graph, wherein the point corresponds to a first value of the particular stimulation parameter and a first set of one or more electrodes of the leadwire;
• initiating a signal, by the computer processor, to program an implantable pulse generator with the first value of the particular stimulation parameter and the first set of one or more electrodes on the leadwire to produce a stimulation;
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• stimulating the patient tissue using the first value of the particular stimulation parameter and the first set of one or more electrodes on the leadwire.