Devices and methods for improved remote programming of implanted neurostimulation systems

A method of remotely programming an implanted neurostimulation system, the method comprising:

• establishing a communication session between an implantable pulse generator of a neurostimulation system, configured to provide electrical stimulation pulses to the patient, implanted in the patient and a remote programming device associated with a remote support entity through one or more intermediary local devices of the patient;
• receiving program information, with the remote device via the one or more local intermediary devices, wherein the program information includes a current therapy program associated to the electrical stimulation pulses applied by the implanted neurostimulation system to the patient, wherein the one or more local intermediary devices comprise a patient device having a user interface thereon;
• receiving therapy information, with the remote device, from a web-based portal, wherein the therapy information is previously received by the web-based portal remotely from the one or more local intermediary devices, and wherein the therapy information is updated by the one or more intermediary devices;
• determining or receiving, with the remote device, a program update regarding updating of one or more parameters of the electrical stimulation pulses associated with the current therapy program, wherein the update is based on the program information and therapy information;
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• applying the program update to the neurostimulation system, thereby changing the one or more parameters of the electrical stimulation pulses associated with the current therapy program provided to the patient.