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US 11,883,669 B2Granted
Therapy adjustment
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsJonathon E. Giftakis, Peter J. Kovach, Warren W. Ball, Jonathan C. Werder, Nina M. Graves, David C. Ullestad, Sarah B. Alme
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Abstract
An indication that a patient event occurred may be used to evaluate the efficacy of at least one therapy program and/or adjust therapy delivery to the patient. In some examples, the patient event indication includes patient input that may be received via an event indication button of a programming device. In some examples, therapy delivery may be adjusted by adjusting at least one therapy parameter value, switching therapy programs or therapy program groups or restarting a therapy cycle of a medical device.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more processors, information indicative of one or more physiological parameters of a patient;
- generating, by the one or more processors, an event marker based on determining an occurrence of a patient event, wherein the patient event comprises an occurrence of a symptom of a patient condition;
- storing, by the one or more processors and in response to generating the event marker, the information indicative of the one or more physiological parameters in memory;
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- adjusting, by the one or more processors, electrical stimulation therapy delivered by a medical device to the patient, wherein the medical device delivers electrical stimulation therapy according to a therapy cycle comprising an on-cycle during which electrical stimulation therapy is delivered to the patient and an off-cycle during which electrical stimulation therapy is not delivered to the patient, and wherein adjusting the electrical stimulation therapy comprises:
- determining, by the one or more processors, whether the medical device is in the off-cycle or the on-cycle of the therapy cycle implemented by the medical device at a time based on the generation of the event marker;
- initiating, by the one or more processors and in response to the event marker, the on-cycle if the medical device is in the off-cycle at the time, thereby shortening a duration of the off-cycle of the therapy cycle implemented by the medical device at the time;
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- restarting, by the one or more processors and in response to the event marker, the on-cycle if the medical device is in the on-cycle at the time, thereby elongating a duration of the on-cycle of the therapy cycle implemented by the medical device at the time.
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A system comprising:
- a medical device configured to deliver electrical stimulation therapy to a patient according to a therapy cycle comprising an on-cycle during which electrical stimulation therapy is delivered to the patient and an off-cycle during which electrical stimulation therapy is not delivered to the patient;
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- one or more processors configured to:
- receive information indicative of one or more physiological parameters of the patient;
- generate an event marker based on determining an occurrence of a patient event wherein the patient event comprises an occurrence of a symptom of a patient condition;
- store, in response to generating the event marker, the information indicative of the one or more physiological parameters in memory;
- determine whether the medical device is in the off-cycle or the on-cycle of the therapy cycle implemented by the medical device at a time based on the generation of the event marker;
- in response to the event marker, control the medical device to initiate the on-cycle if the medical device is in the off-cycle at the time, thereby shortening a duration of the off-cycle of the therapy cycle implemented by the medical device at the time;
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- in response to the event marker, control the medical device to restart the on-cycle if the medical device is in the on-cycle at the time, thereby elongating a duration of the on-cycle of the therapy cycle implemented by the medical device at the time.
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A system comprising:
- a medical device configured to deliver electrical stimulation therapy to a patient according to a therapy cycle comprising an on-cycle during which electrical stimulation therapy is delivered to the patient and an off-cycle during which electrical stimulation therapy is not delivered to the patient;
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- one or more processors configured to:
- receive information indicative of one or more physiological parameters of the patient;
- generate an event indication based on the information indicative of the one or more physiological parameters;
- store the information indicative of the one or more physiological parameters and the event indication in memory;
- determine whether the medical device is in the off-cycle or the on-cycle of the therapy cycle implemented by the medical device at a time based on the generation of the event indication;
- initiate the on-cycle if the medical device is in the off-cycle at the time, thereby shortening a duration of the off-cycle of the therapy cycle implemented by the medical device at the time;
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- restart the on-cycle if the medical device is in the on-cycle at the time, thereby elongating a duration of the on-cycle of the therapy cycle implemented by the medical device at the time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.