System for setting programmable parameters for an implantable hypertension treatment device

A method of establishing programmable parameters for an implantable hypertension treatment device in a patient comprising:

• providing a programming system that automatically performs the steps of:
• causing the implantable hypertension treatment device to initiate an electrotherapy dose-response test, the test including:
• delivering a plurality of electrotherapy doses of varying levels to one or more baroreceptors of the patient via an electrode implanted on or in a blood vessel proximate the one or more baroreceptors in a wall of the blood vessel;
• for each of the plurality of electrotherapy doses, monitoring information representing a hemodynamic response of the patient over a monitoring time duration;
• and
• establishing a patient-specific electrotherapy dose response relationship between the electrotherapy dose and the hemodynamic response;
• using the programming system to automatically program the implantable hypertension treatment device with at least one operating parameter based at least in part on the patient-specific electrotherapy dose-response relationship subsequent to establishing the patient-specific electrotherapy dose-response relationship, wherein the at least one operating parameter is configured to lower a blood pressure of the patient.

A method of conducting an electrotherapy dose response test for purposes of setting at least one operating parameter of an implantable hypertension treatment device by using a programming system to automatically perform the steps of:

• causing the implantable hypertension treatment device to deliver a first electrotherapy dose to one or more baroreceptors of a patient via an electrode, the electrode being implanted on or in a blood vessel proximate the one or more baroreceptors in a wall of the blood vessel;
• monitoring information representing a hemodynamic response of the patient after a settling duration;
• repeating these steps for at least a second electrotherapy dose to establish a patient-specific electrotherapy dose-response relationship;
• and
• program at least one operating parameter of the implantable hypertension device based at least in part on the patient-specific electrotherapy dose-response relationship subsequent to establishing the patient-specific electrotherapy relationship, wherein the operating parameter is configured to lower a blood pressure of the patient.