Patent Document ID: 9357969
Application ID: 14812029
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A programmer for use with an implantable medical device, the implantable medical device including therapy circuitry for providing electrical therapy output using one or more electrodes disposed on a lead configured for attachment thereto, implant communications circuitry for communicating with the programmer, and operational circuitry for controlling at least the therapy circuitry and communications circuitry, the programmer including a user interface screen for providing instructions and information to a user thereof, an input for taking an input from a user thereof, and programmer communication circuitry for communicating with the implantable medical device, the programmer configured to perform the following method: present a plurality of posture states via the user interface screen and obtain an input from a user indicating that a patient having the implantable medical device has assumed a first posture of the plurality of posture states; upon receiving an input from the user indicating that the first posture has been assumed by the patient, directing, via the programmer communication circuitry, the implantable medical device to capture information for the first posture; and directing the implantable medical device to store a first sensing parameter using at least the captured information for the first posture.