Patent ID: 8521299
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: A61N,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A treatment system comprising: at least one electrode adapted to be placed on a vagus nerve; a regulator adapted to be implanted within a patient and connected to the at least one electrode, the regulator configured to apply a treatment to the patient via the electrode, the regulator having a memory configured to store treatment events, at least one therapy parameter, and a therapy schedule; a computing device remote from the regulator, the computing device comprising a receiver module for receiving treatment events from each patient; a storage module comprising at least one database for storing treatment events from each patient in a database corresponding to each patient, an evaluate module for comparing the treatment events of a first patient with the treatment events of at least one other patient in order to determine which patients are similar to one another to form a subset of patients with similar treatment events, and determining treatment default values corresponding with successful treatment in the subset of patients; a controller configured to control operation of the regulator and adapted for placement on the patient, the controller including a memory and a transmission coil, the memory of the controller being configured to store treatment events, the transmission coil of the controller being configured to communicate with the regulator and with a data transfer device; wherein the data transfer device communicates with the regulator through the controller; a data transfer device comprising memory and a transmission unit configured to communicate with the controller and configured to communicate with the computing device over a network to transfer the treatment events from the memory of the controller to the computing device for storage in the patient database and configured to transmit and receive voice data; and a programmer comprising a)a report module for generating at least one report for each patient based on the treatment events and configured to receive treatment events from the computing device, wherein the at least one report comprises a patient use report indicating whether the patient operated the regulator correctly over a period of time and wherein the programmer is configured to be operated by a clinician at a location remote from the patient, is configured to determine whether the programmer has a current treatment history of the patient; is configured to communicatively couple to the remote computing device to obtain the current treatment history of the patient if the programmer determines the programmer does not have the current treatment history; and is configured to display at least one report generated by the report module; b) a storage module containing more than one treatment parameter, therapy schedules, and default treatment values corresponding with successful treatment in the subset of patients, c) a user interface configured to display default treatment values corresponding with successful treatment in the subset of patients and to allow selection of a modified treatment value of the treatment parameter and/or therapy schedule from the programmer; and d) a communication module to provide for communication of a modified treatment value to the data transfer device and from the data transfer device to the regulator.