Patent ID: 7590455
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: monitoring at least one physiological parameter of a patient via a medical device that delivers a therapy to the patient; determining a plurality of values of a metric that is indicative of sleep quality over time based on the at least one physiological parameter; associating each of the determined values of the sleep quality metric with a current therapy parameter set; for each of a plurality of therapy parameter sets, determining a representative value of the sleep quality metric based on the values of the sleep quality metric associated with the therapy parameter set; and automatically selecting one of the therapy parameter sets for delivery of the therapy based on the representative sleep quality metric values for the therapy parameter sets, wherein monitoring at least one physiological parameter comprises monitoring at least one of electrocardiogram morphology, subcutaneous temperature, muscular tone, electrical activity of a brain of the patient or eye motion.