Methods of providing neural markers for sensed autonomic nervous system activity

A method, comprising:

• sensing nerve traffic representative of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity using an implantable medical device (IMD);
• extracting features from the sensed nerve traffic;
• creating ANS neural markers for the extracted features, the ANS neural markers including information for the ANS neural markers regarding the extracted features;
• displaying a list of the ANS neural markers using an external device, including displaying both labels for the ANS neural markers and the information for the ANS neural markers in the list;
• and
• automatically providing status information for an applied therapy based on the ANS neural markers using the IMD or using the external device to communicate to the IMD, wherein the IMD is configured to apply the therapy.

A method, comprising:

• sensing nerve traffic representative of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity using an implantable medical device (IMD);
• extracting features from the sensed nerve traffic;
• creating ANS neural markers for the extracted features, the ANS neural markers including information for the ANS neural markers regarding the extracted features;
• displaying a list of the ANS neural markers using an external device, including displaying both labels for the ANS neural markers and the information for the ANS neural markers in the list;
• forming ANS neurograms from the sensed nerve traffic;
• and
• displaying portions of the ANS neurograms with a representation identifying the ANS neural markers within the ANS neurograms.

A method, comprising:

• sensing nerve traffic representative of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity using an implantable medical device (IMD);
• extracting features from the sensed nerve traffic;
• creating ANS neural markers for the extracted features, the ANS neural markers including information for the ANS neural markers regarding the extracted features;
• and
• displaying a list of the ANS neural markers using an external device, including displaying both labels for the ANS neural markers and the information for the ANS neural markers in the list, wherein the information includes an indicator of a location for the ANS activity.

A method, comprising:

• sensing nerve traffic representative of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity using an implantable medical device (IMD);
• extracting features from the sensed nerve traffic;
• creating ANS neural markers for the extracted features, the ANS neural markers including information for the ANS neural markers regarding the extracted features;
• and
• displaying a list of the ANS neural markers using an external device, including displaying both labels for the ANS neural markers and the information for the ANS neural markers in the list, wherein the information includes an indicator of a neural pathway type.

A method, comprising:

• sensing nerve traffic representative of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity using an implantable medical device (IDM);
• extracting features from the sensed nerve traffic;
• creating ANS neural markers for the extracted features, the ANS neural markers including information for the ANS neural markers regarding the extracted features;
• and
• displaying a list of the ANS neural markers using an external device, including displaying both labels for the ANS neural markers and the information for the ANS neural markers in the list, wherein displaying the information for the ANS neural markers in the list includes displaying locations of the sensed nerve traffic from which the ANS neural markers are created.

A method, comprising:

• sensing nerve traffic representative of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity using an implantable medical device (IMD);
• extracting features from the sensed nerve traffic;
• creating ANS neural markers for the extracted features, the ANS neural markers including information for the ANS neural markers regarding the extracted features;
• and
• displaying a list of the ANS neural markers using an external device, including displaying both labels for the ANS neural markers and the information for the ANS neural markers in the list, wherein displaying the information for the ANS neural markers in the list includes displaying neural pathway identifiers to identify neural pathways of the sensed nerve traffic.

A method, comprising:

• sensing nerve traffic representative of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity using an implantable medical device (IMD);
• extracting features from the sensed nerve traffic;
• creating ANS neural markers for the extracted features, the ANS neural markers including information for the ANS neural markers regarding the extracted features;
• and
• displaying a list of the ANS neural markers using an external device, including displaying both labels for the ANS neural markers and the information for the ANS neural markers in the list, wherein displaying the information for the ANS neural markers in the list includes displaying frequencies of signals corresponding to the sensed nerve traffic.