US 12,257,442 B2
Computer-assisted pain mapping and neuromodulation system
Matthew Lee McDonald, Glendale, CA (US); Benjamin Phillip Hahn, Austin, TX (US); Kyle Harish Srivastava, Saint Paul, MN (US); and Amarpreet Singh Bains, Woodbury, MN (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/518,282.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/109,453, filed on Nov. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0134119 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/37247 (2013.01) [A61N 1/36071 (2013.01); A61N 1/36132 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for computer-assisted programming of a neuromodulation device for pain management in a patient, the system comprising:
a programming aid device operable by the patient, comprising:
a user interface;
a transceiver circuit configured to receive, from one or more of a software-based virtual agent (SVA) or a human assistant other than the patient, information about pain management for the patient; and
a controller circuit configured to:
initiate and manage an information exchange session between the patient and the SVA, via the user interface, regarding pain or paresthesia perception and pain management of the patient;
in response to a trigger event detected by the programming aid device, generate an alert to invite the human assistant to join the information exchange session while it is going on;
based on the information exchange among the patient, the SVA, and the human assistant, determine a stimulation setting for the neuromodulation device; and
generate a therapy control signal to the neuromodulation device to initiate delivery of neuromodulation energy to the patient in accordance with the determined stimulation setting.