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1. An electronic device for performing a computer-assisted stimulation programming of an implantable medical device, the electronic device comprising:
a memory storage component configured to store programming code; and a computer processor configured to execute the programming code to perform the following tasks:
ramping up a stimulation current for a plurality of contacts on a lead that is configured to be implanted inside, or attached to, a patient;receiving patient feedback while the stimulation current is being ramped up, the patient feedback indicating that the patient is beginning to feel stimulation;in response to receiving the patient feedback:
recording an amplitude of the stimulation current that resulted in the patient feedback; anddividing the plurality of contacts into a plurality of groups;activating the plurality of contacts one group at a time, wherein respective amplitudes of the stimulation currents of the contacts in each group are set to the recorded amplitude;determining, for each activated group of contacts, whether the patient is able to feel stimulation while said group of contacts is being activated;in response to a determination that a target group of contacts causes the patient to feel stimulation, sub-dividing the target group of contacts into a plurality of sub-groups;repeating the dividing, the activating, the determining, and the sub-dividing one or more times until one or more contacts that caused the patient to feel stimulation are identified; andassigning the recorded amplitude as a perception threshold for the identified one or more contacts. |
