US 11,806,538 B2
Method for programming an implantable medical device and system for configuring stimulation parameters of an implantable medical device
Andrew B. Kibler, Lake Oswego, OR (US); Lauren Kraiter, Tigard, OR (US); and Larry Stotts, Tigard, OR (US)
Assigned to BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG, Berlin (DE)
Filed by BIOTRONIK SE & CO. KG, Berlin (DE)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/747,011.
Application 17/747,011 is a continuation of application No. 16/825,665, filed on Mar. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,357,990.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/829,661, filed on Apr. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0273957 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/37241 (2013.01) [A61N 1/025 (2013.01); A61N 1/3605 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A method for programming an implantable medical device configured for stimulating neural tissue by means of at least one electrode, the method comprises the steps of:
performing, by means of the implantable medical device, an evoked compound action potential (eCAP) threshold search by stimulating the neural tissue with test stimulation pulses;
determining, based on the eCAP threshold search, an eCAP threshold amplitude and a coupling factor that is indicative of a coupling between the at least one electrode and the neural tissue; and
generating a first set of stimulation parameters having at least a stimulation amplitude that is determined in dependence on the eCAP threshold amplitude and the coupling factor.