Patent ID: 7526341

Claim:
A method for adjusting a specified parameter associated with a stimulation pulse, the stimulation pulse generated by an implanted medical device, the method comprising: receiving user input that sets an incremental value of the specified parameter via a user interface of an external device that communicates with the implanted medical device; receiving user input that sets a target value of the specified parameter via the user interface of the external device; in response to the user input that sets the target value, automatically increasing a current value of the specified parameter by the incremental value a plurality of times, wherein automatically increasing a current value of the specified parameter by the incremental value a plurality of times comprises automatically sending a plurality of commands from an external programmer to the implantable medical device, each of the commands increasing the current value of the specified parameter by the incremental value; receiving a request to terminate the automatic increasing of the current value of the specified parameter; and terminating the automatic increasing of the current value of the specified parameter, wherein a final value of the specified parameter equals the current value of the specified parameter.