US 11,751,804 B2
Method and apparatus for pain management using objective pain measure
Elizabeth Mary Annoni, White Bear Lake, MN (US); Bryan Allen Clark, Forest Lake, MN (US); Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur, Woodbury, MN (US); Jianwen Gu, Valencia, CA (US); James John Kleinedler, Plymouth, MN (US); Kyle Harish Srivastava, Saint Paul, MN (US); David J. Ternes, Roseville, MN (US); David L. Perschbacher, Coon Rapids, MN (US); and Rosana Esteller, Santa Clarita, CA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/986,519.
Application 16/986,519 is a continuation of application No. 15/688,676, filed on Aug. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,750,994.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/400,336, filed on Sep. 27, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0359960 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G16H 20/70 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 5/4824 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1118 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 5/4848 (2013.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); A61B 5/7475 (2013.01); G16H 20/70 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01); A61B 2505/07 (2013.01); A61B 2505/09 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for managing pain of a patient, comprising:
receiving multiple parameters related to the pain;
receiving weighting factors;
generating a quantitative measure of the pain automatically using a processor, the generation including adjusting the weighting factors by automatic adaptation to the patient over time, producing weighted multiple parameters by applying a weighting factor of the adjusted weighting factors to each parameter of the multiple parameters, producing a signal metric using the weighted multiple parameters, and determining the quantitative measure of the pain using the signal metric;
delivering one or more pain-relief therapies using a pain relief device; and
controlling the delivery of the one or more pain-relief therapies based on the quantitative measure of the pain.