System and Method for Determination of Connected Neurostimulation Leads
AssigneeBoston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
InventorsG. Karl Steinke, Ara Sarian
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Abstract
The types of electrode leads that are connected to an implantable medical device are determined based on electrical parameters that are measured at the electrodes that are positioned on the leads. The different types of known electrode leads have different physical electrode arrangements that impact the measured electrical parameters. Properties in the measured electrical parameters that are indicative of the physical arrangements of electrodes of known types of electrode leads are utilized to determine the types of leads that are connected to the implantable medical device.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a neurostimulator comprising a plurality of device connectors, wherein each device connector is configured to receive a lead selected from a plurality of different lead types, each of the leads having a plurality of electrodes thereon;
- an external system configured to communicate with the neurostimulator, wherein the external system is configured to:
- receive via an interface of the external system an assignment of one of the lead types to one or more of the device connectors;
- obtain data from each lead connected to the one or more device connectors, wherein the data from each lead comprises measurements taken from a group of the electrodes on that lead;
- evaluate the data to associate one of the lead types with each of the one or more device connectors to which a lead is connected;
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- display on the interface for each of the one or more device connectors an indication of its assigned lead type and an indication of its associated lead type based on the evaluated data.
A method usable in conjunction with a neurostimulator comprising a plurality of device connectors, wherein each device connector is configured to receive a lead selected from a plurality of different lead types, each of the leads having a plurality of electrodes thereon, the method comprising:
- receiving via an interface of an external system an assignment of one of the lead types to one or more of the device connectors;
- obtaining at the external system data from each lead connected to the one or more device connectors, wherein the data from each lead comprises measurements taken from a group of the electrodes on that lead;
- evaluating at the external system the data to associate one of the lead types with each of the one or more device connectors to which a lead is connected;
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- displaying on the interface for each of the one or more device connectors an indication of its assigned lead type and an indication of its associated lead type based on the evaluated data.
A non-transitory computer readable media executable on an external system for communicating with a neurostimulator, the neurostimulator comprising a plurality of device connectors, wherein each device connector is configured to receive a lead selected from a plurality of different lead types, each of the leads having a plurality of electrodes thereon, wherein when executed the computer readable media causes the external system to:
- receive via an interface of an external system an assignment of one of the lead types to one or more of the device connectors;
- obtain data from each lead connected to the one or more device connectors, wherein the data from each lead comprises measurements taken from a group of the electrodes on that lead;
- evaluating the data to associate one of the lead types with each of the one or more device connectors to which a lead is connected;
- and
- displaying on the interface for each of the one or more device connectors an indication of its assigned lead type and an indication of its associated lead type based on the evaluated data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.