Systems for patient control of implantable medical device therapy

摘要

Various embodiments provide a method performed by an IMD to deliver a therapy to a patient. In some embodiments of the method, the therapy is delivered to the patient, and a trigger that is controlled by the patient is detected by the IMD. The therapy is automatically interrupted in response to the detected trigger, and is automatically restored after a defined period after the detected trigger. In some embodiments of the method, a trigger that is controlled by the patient is detected. The therapy is automatically initiated in response to the detected trigger, and is automatically stopped after a defined period after the detected trigger.

主权项

1. A method performed by an implantable medical device to deliver a therapy to a patient, the method comprising:
delivering the therapy to the patient; detecting a therapy interruption trigger that is controlled by the patient; automatically interrupting the therapy in response to the detected therapy interruption trigger; automatically restoring the therapy after a defined restoration period after the detected therapy interruption trigger; counting a number of detected therapy interruption triggers over a defined therapy interruption trigger count period, the counted number of detected therapy interruption triggers over the defined interruption trigger count period being greater than one, and each of the counted number of detected therapy interruption triggers corresponding to an automatic interruption in the therapy; and when the counted number of detected therapy interruption triggers over the defined trigger count period reaches a defined number of detected therapy interruption triggers greater than one trigger, automatically interrupting the therapy in response to the detected therapy interruption trigger includes automatically interrupting the therapy until an authorized individual resets the therapy.