Patent ID: 7505815

Claim:
A device comprising: a display; and a processor that receives recorded information relating to use of a plurality of previously defined neurostimulation therapy parameter sets by an implanted medical device to deliver neurostimulation therapy to a patient, and provides the recorded information to a user via the display, wherein each of the parameter sets includes at least one program, and each of the programs includes a plurality of neurostimulation therapy parameters, wherein the processor receives the recorded information from at least one of an implantable medical device or a programming device associated with the patient, wherein the processor analyzes the recorded information relating to use of the plurality of previously defined neurostimulation therapy parameter sets, and suggests neurostimulation therapy options to the user based on the analysis, wherein the recorded information comprises information relating to an extent to which the plurality of previously defined neurostimulation therapy parameter sets have been used by the implanted medical device to deliver the neurostimulation therapy to the patient, and wherein the processor receives recorded information relating to neurostimulation therapy activation and deactivation, generates a diagram that illustrates the overall usage of neurostimulation therapy during consecutive time periods based on the activation and deactivation information, and displays the diagram via the display.