US 11,672,989 B2
Posture state responsive therapy delivery using dwell times
Dennis M. Skelton, Woodinville, WA (US); Jon P. Davis, St. Michael, MN (US); and Eric J. Panken, Edina, MN (US)
Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/695,106.
Application 15/695,106 is a continuation of application No. 12/433,017, filed on Apr. 30, 2009, granted, now 9,776,008.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/080,049, filed on Jul. 11, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2018/0071536 A1, Mar. 15, 2018
Prior Publication US 2020/0139131 A9, May 7, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/365 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36542 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1116 (2013.01); A61B 5/7264 (2013.01); A61B 5/1118 (2013.01); A61B 5/686 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61N 1/36535 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a sensor configured to sense a signal indicative of at least one of posture or activity of a patient;
control logic configured to determine whether the sensed signal crosses a transition threshold between a first posture state of a plurality of posture states and a second posture state of the plurality of posture states and remains in the second posture state for at least a predetermined period of time, the first posture state being different than the second posture state; and
response logic configured to automatically initiate an action in response to the control logic determining that the sensed signal crossed the transition threshold between the first posture state and the second posture state and remained in the second posture state for at least the predetermined period of time.