Patent ID: 8290596

Claim:
A method comprising: with a processor, determining a patient state of a patient based on received information, wherein the patient state comprises at least one of a movement state, a sleep state or a speech state; with the processor, selecting a therapy program or instruction for modifying a baseline therapy program from a plurality of stored therapy programs or instructions for modifying the baseline therapy program based on the determined patient state, wherein the plurality of stored therapy programs or instructions comprises: a first therapy program or instruction associated with the speech state, and a second therapy program or instruction associated with at least one of the movement state or the sleep state, wherein selecting the therapy program or instruction based on the determined patient state comprises selecting the first therapy program or instruction in response to determining the patient is in the speech state and selecting the second therapy program or instruction in response to determining the patient is in at least one of the movement state or the sleep state; and controlling a medical device to deliver deep brain stimulation therapy to the patient based on the selected therapy program or instruction.