Patent ID: 8744585
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, in an external programmer during application of neurostimulation therapy, information that is provided by a patient and that relates to efficacy of the neurostimulation therapy being delivered to the patient by an implanted neurostimulator to manage urinary incontinence; sensing, via at least one sensor, information related to efficacy of neurostimulation therapy delivered by an implanted neurostimulator; adjusting, in a processor, one or more stimulation parameters associated with the neurostimulation therapy being applied to the patient by applying a set of adaptive logic to the received information and the sensed information to formulate an adjustment of a stimulation parameter based on both the sensed information and the received information; submitting the adjusted parameters for approval by a clinician; if approval is received, then inputting the adjusted parameters from the programmer to the implanted neurostimulator, and otherwise stopping without inputting the adjusted parameters to the implanted neurostimulator.