Patent ID: 8065001
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. In an implantable system, a method for improving the use of an implantable sensor that is sensitive to body position and body movement, the method comprising: (a) using a first implantable sensor to obtain a sensor signal indicative of a parameter of interest used to monitor a first medical disorder of a patient and to obtain feedback for adjusting parameters of an implantable device to treat a second medical disorder of the patient, where the first implantable sensor is sensitive to body position and a body movement; (b) using a second implantable sensor to detect and determine the identity of a first multidimensional body position and detect a first body movement when the patient is in the first body position and has the first body movement; (c) using the second implantable sensor to detect and determine the identity of a second multidimensional body position and second body movement when the patient is in the second body position and has the second body movement; (d) using the sensor signal obtained using the first implantable sensor to obtain feedback for adjusting parameters of an implantable device to treat the second disorder of the patient when the first body position and first body movement are detected and identified; and (e) using the sensor signal obtained using the first implantable sensor to monitor and not treat the first disorder of the patient when the second body position and second body movement are detected and identified.