Patent ID: 9238135
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: A61N

Claim Text:
1. A controller for an implantable medical device having a plurality of electrodes, said implantable medical device capable of delivering therapeutic stimulation to a patient using at least one of said plurality of electrodes, comprising: a user interface configured to provide selection by a user from among said plurality of electrodes creating a selected set of electrodes; a control module; and an electrode interface operatively coupled between said plurality of electrodes and said control module; said control module using said electrode interface to obtain a plurality of measurements of an integrity metric for said plurality of electrodes in said selected set of electrodes; said control module flagging an individual one of said plurality of electrodes in said selected set of electrodes based on said plurality of measurements; wherein said controller captures meta data related to said flagging of said individual one of said plurality of electrodes; wherein said control module is configured to automatically inhibit delivery of said therapeutic stimulation on said flagged individual one of said plurality of electrodes; and wherein said user interface is configured to provide control of said control module by a user and wherein inhibition of delivery of said therapeutic stimulation may be overridden by said user via said user interface.