Library for management of neurostimulation therapy programs

Patent 7548786 Issued on June 16, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 2, 2023. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Medtronic, Inc.

Application

No. 10406041 filed on 04/02/2003

US Classes:

607/59Control signal storage (e.g., programming)

Examiners

Primary: Layno, Carl H
Assistant: Lee, Yun Haeng

Attorney, Agent or Firm

SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P.A.

Foreign Patent References

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1 249 254 EP 10/01/2002
1 304 137 EP 04/01/2003
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WO 2004/041352 WO 05/01/2004

International Class

A61N 1/18

Abstract

An implantable medical device delivers neurostimulation therapy to a patient according to a parameter set. A parameter set may consist of a number of programs that are delivered substantially simultaneously. When programming the implantable medical device for the patient, a clinician programmer may maintain a session log for the patient that includes a listing of programs delivered to the patient and rating information provided by a clinician and the patient for programs of the list. The listing may be ordered according to the rating information in order to facilitate the selection of programs for a parameter set. A program library that may include particularly effective programs organized according to a directory structure may be stored in a memory. One or both of the implantable medical device and a patient programmer may store usage information that provides an objective assessment of therapy use by the patient, and allows a clinician to later improve the therapy based on the usage information.

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