Patent ID: 9205264
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: monitoring a level of melatonin within a bodily fluid of a patient via a medical device that delivers a therapy to the patient; determining, with a processor, a plurality of values of a metric that is indicative of sleep quality over time, each of the values of the sleep quality metric determined based on the melatonin levels that were determined during delivery of the therapy according to at least one of a plurality of therapy parameter sets; for each of the plurality of sleep quality metric values, identifying, with the processor, at least one of the plurality of therapy parameter sets used to deliver the therapy by the medical device when the sleep quality metric value was determined; associating, with the processor, each of the determined values of the sleep quality metric values with the at least one of the plurality of therapy parameter sets; for each of the plurality of therapy parameter sets, determining, with the processor, a representative value of the sleep quality metric based on the values of the sleep quality metric associated with the therapy parameter set; and for each of the plurality of therapy parameter sets, storing, with the processor, the representative value associated with the therapy parameter set in a computer-readable memory.