Patent ID: 8280478

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for causing a programmable processor to: receive image data representing at least one image of a head of a patient; evaluate, as a function of the at least one image, whether an implantation site under a scalp of the patient for a housing of an implantable medical device satisfies an implantation criterion, the implantable medical device including: the housing, control electronics encased within the housing, and a lead coupled to the housing; and disclose to a user whether the implantation site for the housing satisfies the implantation criterion; wherein the instructions to evaluate, as a function of the at least one image, whether the implantation site satisfies the implantation criterion include instructions to identify, based on the at least one image, one or more of skull curvature, skull thickness, scalp thickness, locations of one or more vascular structures within the scalp, or locations of one or more nerves within the scalp, and evaluate whether the implantation site satisfies the implantation criterion based on the one or more of the skull contour, skull thickness, scalp thickness, locations of one or more vascular structures within the scalp, or locations of one or more nerves within the scalp.