Stimulation systems and related user interfaces
Inventors
Gani, Matthew J. • TAYLOR, Kaitlin • Thakkar, Viral S • Evans, Douglas G.
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-11890462-B2
Publication Date
2024-02-06
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Abstract
A system for stimulating body tissue may include a user interface and a control unit. The control unit may include a processor and non-transitory computer readable medium. The non-transitory computer readable medium may store instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to identify an electrode combination and determine a threshold charge for use in stimulating the body tissue. The processors identifications and determinations may be based at least partially on input received via the user interface.
Core Innovation
The invention describes a system for stimulating body tissue that includes at least one sensor configured to be affixed to, or inserted in, a body to measure airway pressure, airway flowrate, transpulmonary pressure, tidal volume, lung gas distribution, transdiaphragmatic pressure, or a combination thereof. The system further includes a stimulation array, a user interface, and a control unit having a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions. The control unit identifies an electrode combination of the stimulation array as part of the stimulation system operation.
In the electrode-combination identification, the system receives an input via the user interface, the at least one sensor, or both, where the input relates to whether a requisite stimulation was detected. The electrode combination identification is therefore grounded in feedback indicating detection of requisite stimulation, with the processor using that input to drive selection of electrode combinations. This feedback-based identification links sensor/user inputs to the electrode combination selection within the stimulation array.
The invention also provides an electrode-combination refinement framework that selects a first set of electrode combinations and stimulates from all electrode combinations of the first set. For each stimulation from the first set, the system receives inputs relating to whether a requisite stimulation was detected and relates each corresponding input to each electrode combination. The system then selects a second set of electrode combinations that is a subset of the first set, where each second-set electrode combination corresponds to an input indicating the requisite stimulation was detected.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims are clm-00001, clm-00016, and clm-00018. Across these independent claims, the coverage is directed to electrode-combination identification based on inputs indicating whether requisite stimulation was detected, including a staged electrode-combination selection approach and, in one claim, specific user-interface windows supporting anatomical and stimulation-level indication during that identification process.
Sensor-measured airway parameters with requisite stimulation detection input
A system for stimulating body tissue including at least one sensor configured to be affixed to, or inserted in, a body to measure airway pressure, airway flowrate, transpulmonary pressure, tidal volume, lung gas distribution, transdiaphragmatic pressure, or a combination thereof, and a control unit that identifies an electrode combination of the stimulation array, where identifying the electrode combination includes receiving an input via the user interface, the at least one sensor, or both, and the input relates to whether a requisite stimulation was detected.
Subset narrowing electrode-combination selection driven by detected requisite stimulation
A system for stimulating body tissue including selecting a first set of electrode combinations; stimulating from all electrode combinations of the first set; for each stimulation from an electrode combination of the first set, receiving an input via the user interface, the at least one sensor, or both, and the input relates to whether a requisite stimulation was detected; relating a corresponding input to each electrode combination of the first set; and selecting a second set of electrode combinations, wherein the second set is a subset of the first set, and each electrode combination of the second set corresponds to one input that the requisite stimulation was detected.
Anatomical and stimulation level indication windows with prompting user detection feedback
A system for stimulating body tissue including a user interface comprising an anatomical indication window and one or more stimulation level indication windows, and where identifying an electrode combination of the stimulation array includes prompting a user via the user interface to provide feedback on whether a requisite stimulation was detected and receiving an input on whether the requisite stimulation was detected via the user interface.
Taken together, the independent claims cover identifying an electrode combination using user and/or sensor input indicating whether requisite stimulation was detected, a two-stage electrode-combination refinement using a first set and a subset second set corresponding to detected inputs, and a user interface that includes anatomical and stimulation level indication windows while prompting and receiving user feedback regarding whether requisite stimulation was detected.
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