Patent ID: 8965509
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A system configured for currently providing for medical therapy in fully-automatic, semiautomatic, and user-initiated manners including: an implantable medical device configured to provide therapy, the implantable medical device comprising; a memory coupled to the processor containing therapy program operations that have been programmably defined with an automatic parameter value which indicates the operation is to be implemented in an automatic, semiautomatic, or user-initiated fashion; a processor configured for calculating a patient state value and implementing therapy program operations according to both the automatic parameter value and the patient state value, the processor being further configured to adjust its operation in relation to a patient alert rule based on the characteristics of the alert event and then contingently adjusting the alerting and operating of the device if an external patient programmer does not provide a signal indicative of a patient response within a predetermined interval; and an external patient programmer for allowing a patient to input a patient response and for communication with the implanted medical device; and an alerting module configured for providing alert signals when selected events occur for which alerting has been defined.