Therapy program modification based on an energy threshold
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsMartin T. Gerber, John C. Rondoni
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Abstract
A therapy program is modified to decompose an electrical stimulation signal defined by the therapy program into a plurality of subsignals based on a comparison between an energy associated with the stimulation signal and a threshold value. An electrical stimulation signal defined by a therapy program may be decomposed into a plurality of subsignals when an electrical stimulation energy of the stimulation signal exceeds the maximum energy output of the medical device or of a channel of the medical device. The energy associated with each one of the subsignals may be less than the energy threshold value of the medical device.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining, by a processor, that an energy associated with a therapy program exceeds a threshold value, wherein therapy delivery to a patient by a medical device according to the therapy program generates a therapy field;
- responsive to the determination, generating, by the processor, at least a first subfield and a second subfield to decompose the therapy field;
- and
- outputting, by the processor and for display, the first subfield and the second subfield.
A system comprising:
- a memory configured to store a therapy program, wherein therapy delivery to a patient by a medical device according to the therapy program generates a therapy field;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- determine that a first energy associated with the therapy program exceeds to a threshold value,
- responsive to the determination, generate at least a first subfield and a second subfield to decompose the therapy field, and
- output, for display, the first subfield and the second subfield.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that cause a programmable processor to:
- determine that an energy associated with a therapy program exceeds a threshold value, wherein therapy delivery to a patient by a medical device according to the therapy program generates a therapy field;
- responsive to the determination, generate at least a first subfield and a second subfield to decompose the therapy field;
- and
- output, for display, the first subfield and the second subfield.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.