Patent ID: 8712522

Claim:
A system for setting programmable parameters for an implantable hypertension treatment device in a patient comprising: an implantable hypertension treatment device including an electrode configured to be implanted on or in a blood vessel proximate one or more baroreceptors in a wall of the blood vessel; and a programming system communicatively interfaced with the implantable hypertension treatment device and with a hemodynamic monitoring system configured to collect information representing a hemodynamic response of the patient over a monitoring time duration, the programming system being configured to: automatically cause the implantable hypertension treatment device to initiate an electrotherapy dose-response test, the test including: delivering a plurality of electrotherapy doses of varying levels to the one or more baroreceptors of the patient via the electrode; and for each electrotherapy dose, selectively processing the information representing the hemodynamic response of the patient for the monitoring time duration for that electrotherapy dose to establish a patient-specific electrotherapy dose response relationship between the electrotherapy dose and the hemodynamic response of the patient; automatically program the implantable hypertension treatment device with at least one operating parameter based at least in part on the patient-specific electrotherapy dose-response relationship subsequent to establishing the patient-specific electrotherapy dose-response relationship, wherein the at least one operating parameter is configured to lower a blood pressure of the patient.