Patent ID: 11964152
Assignee: ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A system for providing a neurostimulation therapy to a patient using a non-paresthesia stimulation pattern, the system comprising:
an implantable pulse generator (IPG) for providing stimulation pulses to tissue of the patient using the non-paresthesia stimulation pattern, the IPG comprising: a processor for controlling operations of the IPG, pulse generating circuitry, and wireless communication circuitry; and
a patient controller device for communicating with the IPG to control provision of the neurostimulation therapy to the patient, wherein the patient controller device comprises: a processor for controlling the patient controller device, wireless communication circuitry for communicating with the IPG, and one or more user interface components for interacting with the patient;
wherein the patient controller device is adapted to:
receive a first input from the patient to control the neurostimulation therapy according to a regular mode of stimulation and, in response to receiving the first input, to communicate one or more first control signals from the patient controller device to the IPG to provide stimulation pulses for the regular mode of stimulation using the non-paresthesia stimulation pattern with interleaved stimulation-on intervals and stimulation-off intervals that correspond to a first cycling parameter;
receive a second input from the patient to control the neurostimulation therapy according to a bolus mode of stimulation, the bolus mode of stimulation operative to provide stimulation pulses of equal pulse amplitude, pulse width, and pulse repetition frequency as the regular mode of stimulation and only differs from the regular mode of stimulation by respective lengths of on-stimulation intervals and off-stimulation intervals;
limit a number of episodes of the bolus mode of stimulation per day according to a clinician parameter; and
in response to receiving the second input, communicate one or more second control signals from the patient controller device to the IPG to provide stimulation pulses for the bolus mode of stimulation using the non-paresthesia stimulation pattern with interleaved stimulation-on intervals and stimulation-off intervals that correspond to a second cycling parameter;

wherein the second cycling parameter provides greater relative provision of pulses of the non-paresthesia stimulation pattern than the first cycling parameter, and
wherein the patient controller device includes a user interface for displaying a graphical element that depicts an amount of time defining a time limit related to a current episode of the bolus mode of stimulation.