Patent ID: 9421373
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A61N

Claim Text:
1. A method of managing a neurological or psychiatric disease state of a patient, the method comprising: measuring first signals from an accelerometer mounted in the patient's head, wherein measuring said first signals comprises monitoring head movement and position with respect to gravity using the accelerometer; extracting first parameters from the first signals that are indicative of a first disease state of the patient; measuring second signals from an acoustic sensor mounted in the patient's head, wherein measuring said second signals comprises monitoring respiratory pattern, latency of vocal signals reaching a steady state threshold amplitude level, and frequency of vocal signals; extracting second parameters from the second signals that are indicative of the first disease state of the patient; initiating delivery of a first neural modulation signal to the patient using an implanted stimulator when the first and second extracted parameters indicate that a patient status is in the first disease state, the patient status being calculated primarily from the first signals from the accelerometer and the second signals from the acoustic sensor; automatically monitoring the patient's response to the delivered first neural modulation signal; and initiating delivery of a subsequent second neural modulation signal using the implanted stimulator when the response to the delivered first neural modulation signal indicates that the subsequent second neural modulation signal is needed to transition the patient status to a second disease state.