Patient directed therapy management

US7066910B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ruth E. Bauhahn · Fridley, US
• John W. Forsberg · Mentor, US
• Steven Nelson · Wyoming, US
• Kenneth T. Heruth · Edina, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 18, 2001
• Grant date: Jun 27, 2006
• Expiry date: Aug 13, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16Z99/00
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An method and system that allows a patient to access stored preset patient therapy programs, that are resident in a medical device such an implantable pump or a combination medical device having an implantable pump and a implantable neural stimulator, and to create personalized therapy programs or automatic timing therapy programs from preset therapy programs to accommodate the patient's particular activity. Alternatively, the patient can select and access stored preset patient therapy programs and combine at least two modified or unmodified preset therapy programs to create personalized therapy programs.