Patent ID: 11951300
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A system for delivering electrical stimulation to a patient using a stimulator connected to a neurostimulation lead including one or more lead bodies and distal electrodes, the one or more lead bodies each including proximal contacts electrically connected to the respective distal electrodes, the system comprising:
a programmer configured to program the stimulator, the programmer configured to:
create a set of field potential profiles for each lead body of the one or more lead bodies by programming the stimulator to deliver an electrical current through each contact of the proximal contacts of the each lead body and to measure field potentials each at a contact of the proximal contacts, the field potentials resulting from the delivery of the electrical current through the each contact, and creating the field potential profile for the each contact using the measured field potentials;
compare the created set of field potential profiles of the each lead body to each of one or more sets of reference field potential profiles stored in the programmer, the stored one or more sets each predetermined for a lead body of the one or more lead bodies; and
determine information related to programming of the stimulator using an outcome of the comparison.