US 2014/0005748 A1 · HUMAN-IMPLANTABLE-NEUROSTIMULATOR USER INTERFACE HAVING MULTIPLE LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION

Abstract

A programming-device user interface may include multiple levels of abstraction for programming treatment settings. A stimulation zone-programming interface may be at a highest level of abstraction and may include idealized stimulation zones. A field strength-programming interface may be at a middle level of abstraction and may include electromagnetic field-strength patterns generated by the stimulation zones, and/or electrode settings, and a depiction of how the electromagnetic fields interact with each other. An electrode-programming interface may be at a lowest level of abstraction and may depict treatment settings at an electrodes-view level. These interfaces may include a display of a stimulatable area of the patient's body. The display may include a depiction of leads and/or the underlying physiology, such as a depiction of a portion of a spine. Algorithms map treatment settings from one level of abstraction to settings at one or more other levels of abstraction.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

representing an anatomical region on a display of a programming device, wherein the programming device is configured to communicate with an electrical stimulator coupled to an electrical stimulation lead;
representing the electrical stimulation lead on the display;
receiving, by the programming device, user input positioning a plurality of stimulation field representations at respective locations on the display;
determining, by the programming device, a value of at least one stimulation parameter associated with stimulation therapy applied by the electrical stimulator via the lead based on the locations of the stimulation field representations relative to the representation of the anatomical region and the representation of the lead.

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A programming device for an electrical stimulator coupled to an electrical stimulation lead, the device comprising:

a display that displays a representation of an anatomical region, and a representation of the electrical stimulation lead;
and
a user input interface that receives user input positioning a plurality of stimulation field representations at respective locations on the display,
wherein the programming device determines a value of at least one stimulation parameter associated with stimulation therapy applied by the electrical stimulator via the lead based on the locations of the stimulation field representations relative to the representation of the anatomical region and the representation of the lead.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Human-implantable-neurostimulator user interface having multiple levels of abstraction

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Human-implantable-neurostimulator user interface having multiple levels of abstraction

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Abstract

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