# US 9,433,796 B2 · Medical device application for an external device using data logged at an implantable medical device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,433,796 B2 - Document ID: US9433796B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/476,703 - Filed: 2014-09-03 - Published: 2015-03-05 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-09-03 - Assignees: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation - Applicants: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation - Inventors: Samuel Tahmasian - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9433796B2 ## CPC - A61N 1/37247: {User interfaces, e.g. input or presentation means} - A61N 1/36132: {using patient feedback} - A61N 1/36146: {specified by the stimulation parameters} - A61N 1/36535: {controlled by body position or posture} - A61N 1/36542: {controlled by body motion, e.g. acceleration} - A61N 1/3787: {from an external energy source} - H01M 6/505: {Cells combined with indicating means for external visualization of the condition, e.g. by change of colour or of light intensity} - A61N 1/36071: {Pain} - A61N 1/36157: {Current (A61N1/3616 takes precedence)} - A61N 1/3708: {for power depletion} - G01R 31/3835: involving only voltage measurements - G01R 31/392: Determining battery ageing or deterioration, e.g. state of health - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) ## Abstract A Medical Device Application (MDA) is disclosed for an external device (e.g., a cell phone) that can communicate with an Implantable Medical Device (IMD). The MDA receives data logged in the IMD, processes that data in manners reviewable by an IMD patient, and that can control the IMD based on such processed data. The MDA can use the logged data to adjust IMD therapy based on patient activity or posture, and allows a patient to learn optimal therapy settings for particular activities. The MDA can also use the logged data to allow a patient to review details about IMD battery performance, whether such battery is primary or rechargeable, and to control stimulation parameters based on that performance. The MDA also allows a patient to enter medicine dose information, to review the relationship between medicinal therapy and IMD therapy, and to adjust IMD therapy based on the dosing information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions for a medical device application that when executed on an external device will: receive data logged in an implantable medical device (IMD), wherein the logged data comprises at least one therapy parameter previously provided by the IMD to the patient and a voltage of a primary battery in the IMD; assess the received data to estimate a first end of life of the primary battery; provide a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on the external device, wherein the GUI displays the estimated first end of life of the primary battery; provide an option on the GUI to allow input to set a second end of life for the primary battery; automatically adjust at least one therapy parameter to extend an end of life of the primary battery from the first end of life to the second end of life; and transmit the adjusted at least one therapy parameter from the external device to the IMD to control the therapy the IMD provides to the patient. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The medium of claim 1, wherein the GUI further allows input to adjust at least one therapy parameter to control the therapy the IMD provides to the patient. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The medium of claim 1, wherein assessing the received data to estimate a first end of life of the primary battery comprises determining a correlation between the voltage of the primary battery and time. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The medium of claim 1, wherein assessing the received data to estimate a first end of life of the primary battery comprises determining a time at which a remaining charge in the primary battery will be exhausted in light of the at least one therapy parameter received from the IMD. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The medium of claim 1, wherein the medical device application when executed on the external device will further: determine a scalar between a time to the first end of life and a time to the second end of life; and adjust at least one therapy parameter in accordance with the scalar. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The medium of claim 1, wherein the adjusted at least one therapy parameter comprises an intensity of a therapeutic current. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The medium of claim 1, wherein assessing the received data to estimate a first end of life of the primary battery comprises extrapolating a relationship between the voltage of the battery and time to estimate when the voltage of the battery will be equal to a minimum operational voltage required by the IMD. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The medium of claim 1, wherein assessing the received data to estimate a first end of life of the primary battery comprises calculating a total charge expended by the battery based, at least in part, on the received at least one therapy parameter. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The medium of claim 8, wherein calculating the total charge expended by the battery comprises: determining a per-pulse charge delivered to the patient within each of one or more time periods based on the received at least one therapy parameter; determining a number of pulses within each of the one or more time periods based on the received at least one therapy parameter; determining a charge expenditure within each of the one or more time periods based on the per-pulse charge and the number of pulses within each of the one or more time periods; and calculating the total charge expended by summing the charge expenditures for each of the one or more time periods. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The medium of claim 8, wherein assessing the received data to estimate a first end of life of the primary battery further comprises extrapolating a relationship between total charge expended and time to estimate when the total charge expended will equal the charge capacity of the battery. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The medium of claim 1, wherein the external device is a mobile, multipurpose consumer electronic device. ### Claim 12 An external device, comprising: a memory; and a processor having access to the memory and configured to execute program code stored in the memory to cause the processor to: receive data logged in a medical device that is implanted in a patient, wherein the logged data comprises at least one therapy parameter previously provided by the implanted medical device (IMD) to the patient and a voltage of a primary battery in the IMD; assess the received data to estimate a first end of life of the primary battery; provide a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on the external device, wherein the GUI displays the estimated first end of life of the primary battery; provide an option on the GUI to allow input to set a second end of life for the primary battery; automatically adjust at least one therapy parameter to extend an end of life of the primary battery from the first end of life to the second end of life; and transmit the adjusted at least one therapy parameter from the external device to the IMD to control the therapy the IMD provides to the patient. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The external device of claim 12, wherein the program code to cause the processor to assess the received data to estimate a first end of life of the primary battery comprises program code to cause the processor to determine a correlation between the voltage of the primary battery and time. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The external device of claim 12, wherein the program code to cause the processor to assess the received data to estimate a first end of life of the primary battery comprises program code to cause the processor to determine a time at which a remaining charge in the primary battery will be exhausted in light of the at least one therapy parameter received from the IMD. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The external device of claim 12, wherein the adjusted at least one therapy parameter comprises an intensity of a therapeutic current. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The external device of claim 12, wherein the adjusted at least one therapy parameter comprises a frequency and pulse width of therapeutic pulses. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The external device of claim 12, wherein the program code to cause the processor to assess the received data to estimate a first end of life of the primary battery comprises program code to cause the processor to extrapolate a relationship between the voltage of the battery and time to estimate when the voltage of the battery will be equal to a minimum operational voltage required by the IMD. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The external device of claim 12, wherein the program code to cause the processor to assess the received data to estimate a first end of life of the primary battery comprises program code to cause the processor to: calculate a total charge expended by the battery based, at least in part, on the received at least one therapy parameter; and extrapolate a relationship between total charge expended and time to estimate when the total charge expended will equal the charge capacity of the battery.