Patent ID: 8918177

Claim:
A method to assist in programming of a neurostimulator based on a collection of pre-existing therapy profiles, the method comprising: obtaining a new patient profile for a new patient receiving a neurostimulator, the new therapy profile including at least one of i) a planned lead attribute, ii) a new pain map, and iii) a new stimulation map for the new patient receiving the neurostimulator; accessing a collection of pre-existing therapy profiles derived from prior actual patients or patient models, the pre-existing therapy profiles including stimulation programs mapped to pre-existing patient profiles, the pre-existing patient profiles having at least one of i) prior lead attribute, ii) prior pain maps, and iii) prior stimulation maps for prior patients or models of patients; comparing the new patient profile with at least a portion of the collection of pre-existing patient profiles to generate profile matching scores indicating an amount of similarity between the pre-existing patient and the new therapy profile; and producing a list of candidate therapy profiles that includes at least one potential stimulation program that is mapped to at least one pre-existing patient profile having a profile matching score that satisfied a match threshold.