Patent ID: 8233977
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for programming a single channel pulse generator of an implantable medical device, the method comprising: displaying a graphical representation of a plurality of electrodes implanted within a patient on at least one medical lead; displaying an active electrode template at a first position relative to the graphical representation of the electrodes, the active electrode template including one or more anodes and one or more cathodes and defining a spatial relationship of the one or more anodes and one or more cathodes; receiving input from a user moving the active electrode template to a second position relative to the graphical representation of the electrodes; and in response to the input moving the active electrode template, adjusting at least one parameter of electrical stimulation delivered from the single channel pulse generator to the patient via at least a subset of the implanted electrodes based on the second position of the active electrode template relative to the graphical representation of the electrodes on the stimulation lead, wherein at least one of the one or more anodes and one or more cathodes of the active electrode template is displaced from the electrodes of the graphical representation when the active electrode template is located at the second position.