Patent ID: 9662502
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: A61N

Claim:
1. A method for adjusting brain stimulation electrodes in a subject for treating a subject's movement disorder comprising the steps of: applying at least one sensor having a signal to measure at least one motor symptom of a subject's movement disorder, the sensor having an implanted brain stimulation device for treatment of a movement disorder; quantifying at least one motor symptom of the subjects movement disorder with the signal from the at least one sensor using a processor; outputting the quantification of the at least one motor symptom to a display; and adjusting the implanted brain stimulation device for treatment of the movement disorder based at least in part on the outputted quantification of the at least one motor symptom to alleviate in part the at least one motor symptom, wherein at least two sensors are applied to a finger of the post-surgical subject, the sensors include both an accelerometer and a gyroscope, and the sensors applied to the finger of the post-surgical subject are packaged in an enclosure, the enclosure and sensors altogether having a volume of no more than or about 12 cubic centimeters and a mass of no more than or about 12 grams.