Patent Document ID: 20110160795
Application ID: 12729093
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer readable program storage unit encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, performs a method for assessment, optimization and logging of the effects of a therapy for a medical condition, said method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving into a signal processor input signals indicative of the subject's brain activity; (b) characterizing the spatio-temporal behavior of said brain activity using said signals; (c) delivering a therapy to a target tissue of the subject; (d) characterizing the spatio-temporal effect of said therapy on said brain activity; (e) in response to said characterizing, optimizing at least one parameter of the therapy if said brain activity has not been satisfactorily modified and/or has been adversely modified by said therapy; (f) characterizing the spatio-temporal effect of said at least one optimized parameter; and (g) logging to memory said at least one optimized parameter.