US 12,201,838 B2
Pain management based on emotional expression measurements
Kyle Harish Srivastava, Saint Paul, MN (US); Bryan Allen Clark, Forest Lake, MN (US); Elizabeth Mary Annoni, White Bear Lake, MN (US); Sandra Nagale, Bolton, MA (US); Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur, Woodbury, MN (US); Jianwen Gu, Valencia, CA (US); and David L. Perschbacher, Blaine, MN (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/085,270.
Application 18/085,270 is a continuation of application No. 17/145,514, filed on Jan. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,571,577.
Application 17/145,514 is a continuation of application No. 15/867,873, filed on Jan. 11, 2018, granted, now 10,926,091.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/445,082, filed on Jan. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0120858 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/16 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); G16H 20/70 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01)
CPC A61N 1/36139 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/1104 (2013.01); A61B 5/165 (2013.01); A61B 5/4803 (2013.01); A61B 5/4824 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 5/4848 (2013.01); A61N 1/0534 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/36062 (2017.08); A61N 1/36071 (2013.01); G16H 20/70 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of providing neuromodulation therapy to a patient via a medical-device system, the method comprising:
receiving information about emotional reaction of the patient to pain;
generating a plurality of signal metrics from the received information;
calculating a score indicative of patient emotional reaction to pain using the generated plurality of signal metrics; and
initiating or adjusting a neuromodulation therapy based at least in part on the calculated score.