Patient interactive neurostimulation system and method

摘要

A fully automated computer controlled system is provided for adjustment of neurostimulation implants used in pain therapy and in treating neurological dysfunction which includes a patient interactive computer, and a universal transmitter interface integrally embedded in the patient interactive computer or built into the antenna which is capable of stimulating any type of implanted neurostimulation devices by imitating programming codes. The patient interacts with the system through the patient interactive computer. The universal transmitter interface includes a direct digital synthesizer, a transistor circuitry driving the antenna in ON-OFF fashion and a gating unit for driving the transistor circuitry under control of the processing means in the patient-interactive computer. Alternatively, the universal transmitting interface includes a balanced modulator for modulation of the carrier signal generated at the direct digital synthesizer.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
storing a plurality of predetermined programming codes; identifying a type of an implantable medical device; selecting one of the plurality of programming codes based on the identified type; and transmitting the selected programming code to the implantable medical device to enable programming of the implantable medical device, wherein transmitting the selected programming code comprises modulating a carrier signal; and retrieving parameters for modulation of the carrier signal from a memory based on the identified type of the implantable medical device.