US 12,491,370 B2
Devices and methods for remote programming of implanted neurostimulation systems
John Woock, Irvine, CA (US); Rinda Sama, Laguna Niguel, CA (US); Prabodh Mathur, Laguna Niguel, CA (US); Charles Borlase, Lake Forest, CA (US); Faizal Abdeen, Mission Viejo, CA (US); and Guangqiang Jiang, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to Axonics, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Axonics, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/513,790.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/108,087, filed on Oct. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0134117 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/37247 (2013.01) [A61N 1/36132 (2013.01); A61N 1/36135 (2013.01); A61N 1/37223 (2013.01)] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of remotely programming an implanted neurostimulation system, the method comprising:
receiving, with a remote device associated with a remote support entity, a patient request for reprogramming of an implantable pulse generator of a neurostimulation system implanted in the patient;
establishing a communication session between the implantable pulse generator of the neurostimulation system and the remote device associated with the remote support entity through intermediary local devices;
receiving program information, with the remote device via the local intermediary devices, wherein the program information includes a current therapy program applied by the implanted neurostimulation system;
receiving patient information regarding the current therapy program, with the remote device via the local intermediary devices, wherein the patient information comprises patient identifying information, objective information and/or subjective information regarding treatment;
determining or receiving, with the remote device, a program update regarding updating of parameters of the current program or a new program to be applied by the implanted neurostimulation system, wherein the update is based on the program information and patient information;
programming the implantable pulse generator, with the remote device through the local intermediary devices, with the program update;
wherein the intermediary local devices includes a first and second local intermediary device, wherein the first intermediary device communicates with the implantable pulse generator and the second intermediary device, and the second intermediary device communicates with the first intermediary device and the remote device of the remote support entity;
wherein the first local intermediary device is a patient remote; and
wherein the second local intermediary device is any of: a personal computing device of the patient, a smartphone of the patient, and a tablet of the patient.