Patent ID: 11957915
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A programmer for use with a neurostimulator having a plurality of electrodes, the programmer comprising:
a display device;
output circuitry configured for communicating with the neurostimulator;
control circuitry configured for instructing the neurostimulator via the output circuitry to convey electrical stimulation energy into tissue of a patient via one or more of the electrodes of the neurostimulator; and
processing circuitry coupled to the display device, the output circuitry, and the control circuitry, wherein the processing circuitry is configured for:
receiving, for stimulation of tissue of a patient using at least one combination of two or more of the electrodes as both cathodes or both anodes, a determined influence on at least one clinical effect arising from the stimulation at different intensity settings, wherein each of the at least one clinical effect is selected from a therapeutic effect or a side effect; and
displaying, on the display device, a graphical mapping of the determined influences relative to the corresponding combination of two or more of the electrodes and the corresponding intensity setting.