HUMAN-IMPLANTABLE-NEUROSTIMULATOR USER INTERFACE HAVING MULTIPLE LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION

    公开(公告)号:US20170319860A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-09

    申请号:US15601741

    申请日:2017-05-22

    Inventor: Steven M. Goetz

    CPC classification number: A61N1/37252 A61N1/08 A61N1/36071 A61N1/37247

    Abstract: A programming-device user interface may include multiple levels of abstraction for programming treatment settings. A stimulation zone-programming interface may be at a highest level of abstraction and may include idealized stimulation zones. A field strength-programming interface may be at a middle level of abstraction and may include electromagnetic field-strength patterns generated by the stimulation zones, and/or electrode settings, and a depiction of how the electromagnetic fields interact with each other. An electrode-programming interface may be at a lowest level of abstraction and may depict treatment settings at an electrodes-view level. These interfaces may include a display of a stimulatable area of the patient's body. The display may include a depiction of leads and/or the underlying physiology, such as a depiction of a portion of a spine. Algorithms map treatment settings from one level of abstraction to settings at one or more other levels of abstraction.

    UNWRAPPED 2D VIEW OF A STIMULATION LEAD
WITH COMPLEX ELECTRODE ARRAY GEOMETRY
    95.
    发明申请
    UNWRAPPED 2D VIEW OF A STIMULATION LEAD WITH COMPLEX ELECTRODE ARRAY GEOMETRY 审中-公开
    复合电极阵列几何的刺激引导的二维视图

    公开(公告)号:US20160375257A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-29

    申请号:US15193816

    申请日:2016-06-27

    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to programming implantable stimulators to deliver stimulation energy via one or more implantable leads having complex electrode array geometries. The disclosure also contemplates guided programming to select electrode combinations and parameter values to support efficacy. The techniques may be applied to a programming interface associated with a clinician programmer, a patient programmer, or both. A user interface permits a user to view electrodes from different perspectives relative to the lead. For example, the user interface provides a side view of a lead and a cross-sectional view of the lead. The user interface may include an axial control medium to select and/or view electrodes at different axial positions along the length of a lead, and a rotational control medium to select and/or view electrodes at different angular positions around a circumference of the lead.

    Abstract translation: 本公开涉及编程可植入刺激器以通过具有复杂电极阵列几何形状的一个或多个可植入引线输送刺激能量。 本公开还考虑了引导编程以选择电极组合和参数值以支持功效。 这些技术可以应用于与临床医生程序员,患者程序员或两者相关联的编程接口。 用户界面允许用户从相对于铅的不同角度来观察电极。 例如,用户界面提供引线的侧视图和引线的横截面图。 用户界面可以包括轴向控制介质,用于选择和/或查看沿引线长度的不同轴向位置处的电极;以及旋转控制介质,用于选择和/或查看围绕引线圆周的不同角位置处的电极。

    PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICAL DEVICE THERAPY
    96.
    发明申请
    PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICAL DEVICE THERAPY 审中-公开
    介绍与医疗器械治疗有关的信息

    公开(公告)号:US20160339259A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-24

    申请号:US15226701

    申请日:2016-08-02

    Abstract: This disclosure is related to techniques for presenting therapy factors related to medical device therapy in a manner that allows a user, such as a patient or a clinician, to receive, comprehend and evaluate information relating to therapy delivered by the medical device efficiently. In one aspect, a method comprises obtaining a data set corresponding to a therapy factor associated with delivery of a medical therapy to a patient with a medical system including an implantable medical device, receiving a user selection associated with a subset of the data set, the subset of the data set including less than all the information relating to the therapy factor in the data set, and presenting a representation, corresponding to the subset of the data set, of the therapy factor on a display of a programmer.

    Abstract translation: 本公开涉及用于以允许诸如患者或临床医师的用户有效地接收,理解和评估与由医疗装置递送的治疗有关的信息的方式呈现与医疗装置治疗相关的治疗因素的技术。 在一个方面,一种方法包括获得与包括可植入医疗装置的医疗系统相关联的医疗治疗相关联的治疗因子的数据集,接收与数据集的子集相关联的用户选择, 数据集的子集包括少于与数据集中的治疗因子相关的所有信息,并且在程序员的显示器上呈现与治疗因子对应的数据集的子集的表示。

    SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR ULTRASOUND NEUROPROTECTION
    97.
    发明申请
    SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR ULTRASOUND NEUROPROTECTION 审中-公开
    超声神经保护的系统和技术

    公开(公告)号:US20160243381A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-25

    申请号:US14627843

    申请日:2015-02-20

    Abstract: The disclosure describes devices, systems, and techniques for reducing neural degeneration within a brain of a patient. In one example, a method includes delivering, via one or more ultrasound transducers, ultrasound energy focused to a targeted region of the brain of the patient according to ultrasound parameters. The ultrasound parameters are selected to generate ultrasound energy that reduces or prevents neural degeneration within at least a portion, such as a selected region, of the brain associated with the targeted region of the brain. The targeted region of the brain may include at least a portion of the selected region of the brain and/or neurons that affect different neurons within the selected region of the brain.

    Abstract translation: 本公开描述了用于减少患者脑内的神经变性的装置,系统和技术。 在一个示例中,一种方法包括根据超声参数,经由一个或多个超声换能器将超声能量聚焦到患者的脑的目标区域。 选择超声参数以产生超声能量,其减少或预防与脑的目标区域相关联的脑的至少一部分(例如所选区域)内的神经退化。 脑的目标区域可以包括影响大脑选定区域内的不同神经元的脑和/或神经元的选定区域的至少一部分。

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING GESTURE INPUT ERROR

    公开(公告)号:US20160216769A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-28

    申请号:US14607885

    申请日:2015-01-28

    Abstract: Devices, systems, and techniques for mitigating error from gesture input are disclosed. A system may receive an indication of a first gesture input, determine that the first gesture input is an indicator gesture input, and, responsive to the determination that the first gesture input is the indicator gesture input, enter a gesture control mode during which the system is configured to control one or more actions related to a medical procedure. Only during the gesture control mode, the system may receive an indication of a second gesture input associated with the medical procedure and, responsive to receiving the indication of the second gesture input, control, based on the second gesture input, at least a portion of the medical procedure. Additionally, or alternatively, the system may employ other error mitigation techniques for gesture input related to medical procedures.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING GESTURE INPUT ERROR
    99.
    发明申请
    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING GESTURE INPUT ERROR 审中-公开
    系统和方法用于减轻姿势输入错误

    公开(公告)号:US20160216768A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-28

    申请号:US14607866

    申请日:2015-01-28

    Abstract: Devices, systems, and techniques for mitigating error from gesture input are disclosed. A system may receive an indication of a first gesture input, determine that the first gesture input is an indicator gesture input, and, responsive to the determination that the first gesture input is the indicator gesture input, enter a gesture control mode during which the system is configured to control one or more actions related to a medical procedure. Only during the gesture control mode, the system may receive an indication of a second gesture input associated with the medical procedure and, responsive to receiving the indication of the second gesture input, control, based on the second gesture input, at least a portion of the medical procedure. Additionally, or alternatively, the system may employ other error mitigation techniques for gesture input related to medical procedures.

    Abstract translation: 公开了用于减轻手势输入错误的设备,系统和技术。 系统可以接收第一手势输入的指示,确定第一手势输入是指示手势输入,并且响应于第一手势输入是指示手势输入的确定,输入手势控制模式,在该模式期间系统 被配置为控制与医疗过程相关的一个或多个动作。 只有在手势控制模式期间,系统可以接收与医疗程序相关联的第二手势输入的指示,并且响应于接收到第二手势输入的指示,基于第二手势输入控制至少一部分 医疗程序。 另外或替代地,系统可以采用与医疗程序相关的手势输入的其他误差减轻技术。

    AUTOMATED CALIBRATION OF POSTURE STATE CLASSIFICATION FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE
    100.
    发明申请
    AUTOMATED CALIBRATION OF POSTURE STATE CLASSIFICATION FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE 审中-公开
    自动校准医疗器械的状态分类

    公开(公告)号:US20160095546A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-07

    申请号:US14872390

    申请日:2015-10-01

    Abstract: Techniques relate to operating a medical device by classifying a detected posture state of a patient. This classification may be performed by comparing the detected posture state of the patient to posture state definitions available within the system. Each definition may be described in terms of a parameter (e.g., vector) indicative of a direction in three-dimensional space. The posture state definitions may be calibrated by automatically estimating values for these parameters, thereby eliminating the need for the patient to assume each posture state during the calibration process to capture actual parameter values. According to another aspect, the estimated parameter values may be updated as the patient assumes various postures during a daily routine. For instance, estimated vectors initially used to calibrate the posture state definitions may be changed over time to more closely represent posture states the patient actually assumes, and to further adapt to changes in a patient's condition.

    Abstract translation: 技术涉及通过对检测到的患者的姿势状态进行分类来操作医疗装置。 可以通过将检测到的患者的姿势状态与系统内可用的姿势状态定义进行比较来执行该分类。 可以根据指示三维空间中的方向的参数(例如,矢量)来描述每个定义。 可以通过自动估计这些参数的值来校准姿势状态定义,从而消除了在校准过程期间患者承担每个姿势状态以捕获实际参数值的需要。 根据另一方面,当患者在日常例行程序中呈现各种姿势时,可以更新所估计的参数值。 例如,最初用于校准姿势状态定义的估计矢量可以随着时间而改变以更加紧密地表示患者实际假定的姿势状态,并进一步适应患者状况的变化。

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