Granted Patent B2

US 12,268,884 · App. 18/048,209 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Inventor: Alan J. Bank (St. Paul, MN)

Assignee: Myochron, Inc.

A61N1/3682A61N1/056A61N1/36843A61N1/37247

Abstract

Claims (158)

1. A system for cardiac resynchronization of a patient, the system comprising:

one or more processors in communication with a plurality of measurement electrodes operatively coupled to the patient; and

a tangible, non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive, from the plurality of measurement electrodes, a first set of electrical measurements indicating native electrical energy applied to the patient's heart;

receive, from the plurality of measurement electrodes, a plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating the native electrical energy applied to the patient's heart and electrical energy applied by at least one lead to the patient's heart, each of the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements corresponding to a different characteristic;

determine a plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values based on comparisons of the first set of electrical measurements and the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements; and

cause display of information based on the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values on a display device.

2. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein to the display of information, the one or more processors provide one or more instructions to cause display of at least one of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values on the display device.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one lead comprises a left lead configured to be operatively coupled to a left portion of the patient's heart, and wherein to receive the first set of electrical measurements, the one or more processors receive the first set of electrical measurements indicating electrical characteristics of the patient's heart without the left lead providing electrical energy to the patient's heart.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein to receive the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements, the one or more processors receive the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating the electrical characteristics of the patient's heart with the left lead providing electrical energy to the patient's heart.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one lead comprises a left lead configured to be operatively coupled to a left portion of the patient's heart and a right lead operatively coupled to a right portion of the patient's heart, and wherein to receive the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements, one or more processors receive the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating electrical characteristics of the patient's heart with the left lead and the right lead providing electrical energy to the patient's heart.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the tangible, non-transitory storage medium further comprises instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

determine, based on the first set of electrical measurements, a plurality of characteristics to apply to the at least one lead based on the first set of electrical measurements,

wherein the plurality of characteristics comprises each of the different characteristics, and wherein receiving the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements is based on the plurality of characteristics.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the at least one lead comprises a left lead configured to be operatively coupled to a left portion of the patient's heart and a right lead configured to be operatively coupled to a right portion of the patient's heart, and wherein the plurality of characteristics comprises a plurality of atrial-ventricular (AV) delays.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of AV delays corresponds to a plurality of left ventricle (LV) delays for the left lead to apply the electrical energy to the patient's heart.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of AV delays corresponds to a plurality of biventricular (BiV) delays for the left lead and the right lead to apply the electrical energy to the patient's heart.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the at least one lead comprises a left lead configured to be operatively coupled to a left portion of the patient's heart and a right lead configured to be operatively coupled to a right portion of the patient's heart, and wherein the plurality of characteristics comprises a plurality of ventricular-ventricular (VV) delays.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of measurement electrodes is less than 40 electrodes.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of measurement electrodes is less than 20 electrodes.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of measurement electrodes comprises a plurality of anterior electrodes and a plurality of posterior electrodes, and wherein the plurality of anterior electrodes is less than ten electrodes and the plurality of posterior electrodes is less than 10 electrodes.

14. A system for cardiac resynchronization of a patient, system comprising:

the one or more processors in communication with a plurality of measurement electrodes operatively coupled to the patient; and

a tangible, non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive, from the plurality of measurement electrodes, a first set of electrical measurements indicating first electrical signals applied to the patient's heart;

in response to one or more first instructions for an implantable medical device indicating a plurality of parameters for at least one lead, receive, from the plurality of measurement electrodes, a plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating second electrical signals applied to the patient's heart;

determine a plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values based on comparing the first set of electrical measurements with the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements;

determine an optimized parameter, from the plurality of parameters, based on the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values; and

instruct a display device to display, in association with the implantable medical device, one or more second instructions to configure cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), via at least one or more therapy electrodes of the implantable medical device, based on the optimized parameter.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one lead comprises a left ventricle lead configured to be operatively coupled to a left ventricle of the patient's heart and a right ventricle lead configured to be operatively coupled to a right ventricle of the patient's heart, and wherein the tangible, non-transitory storage medium further comprises instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

provide, to the implantable medical device, one or more third instructions to cause the implantable medical device to provide no electrical energy to the left ventricle lead and the right ventricle lead, and

wherein receiving the first set of electrical measurements is based on providing the one or more third instructions.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein each of the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements is associated with a different parameter from the plurality of parameters.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the at least one lead comprises a left ventricle lead configured to be operatively coupled to a left ventricle of the patient's heart, and wherein the plurality of parameters comprises a plurality of atrial-ventricular (AV) time delays for the left ventricle lead.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the at least one lead comprises a left ventricle lead configured to be operatively coupled to a left ventricle of the patient's heart and a right ventricle lead configured to be operatively coupled to a right ventricle of the patient's heart, and wherein the plurality of parameters comprises a plurality of atrial-ventricular (AV) time delays for the left ventricle lead and the right ventricle lead.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the at least one lead comprises a left ventricle lead configured to be operatively coupled to a left ventricle of the patient's heart and a right ventricle lead configured to be operatively coupled to a right ventricle of the patient's heart, and wherein the plurality of parameters comprises an atrial-ventricular time delay and a plurality of ventricular-ventricular (VV) time delays for the left ventricle lead and the right ventricle lead.

20. The system of claim 16 , wherein to determine the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

determine a first dyssynchrony measurement for the first set of electrical measurements;

determine a plurality of second dyssynchrony measurements for each of the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements; and

determine the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values based on comparing the first dyssynchrony measurement with each of the plurality of second dyssynchrony measurements.

21. The system of claim 20 , wherein the plurality of measurement electrodes comprises a plurality of anterior electrodes and a plurality of posterior electrodes, wherein the first set of electrical measurements comprises a plurality of anterior measurements from the plurality of anterior electrodes and a plurality of posterior measurements from the plurality of posterior electrodes, and wherein to determine the first dyssynchrony measurement, the one or more processors determine the first dyssynchrony measurement based on comparing the plurality of anterior measurements with the plurality of posterior measurements.

22. The system of claim 20 , wherein the plurality of measurement electrodes comprises a plurality of anterior electrodes and a plurality of posterior electrodes, wherein each of the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements comprises a plurality of anterior measurements from the plurality of anterior electrodes and a plurality of posterior measurements from the plurality of posterior electrodes, and wherein to determine each of the plurality of second dyssynchrony measurements, the one or more processors determine each of the plurality of second dyssynchrony measurements based on comparing the corresponding second dyssynchrony measurement with the first dyssynchrony measurement.

23. The system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one lead comprises one or more electrodes, and wherein all of the one or more electrodes provides the second electrical signals.

24. The system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one lead comprises one or more electrodes, and wherein at least one of the one or more electrodes provides the second electrical signals.

25. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the at least one lead comprises a left ventricle lead configured to be operatively coupled to a left ventricle of the patient's heart and a right ventricle lead configured to be operatively coupled to a right ventricle of the patient's heart, and wherein the method further comprises:

providing, to the implantable medical device, one or more third instructions to cause the implantable medical device to provide no electrical energy to the left ventricle lead and the right ventricle lead, and

wherein receiving the first set of electrical measurements is based on providing the one or more third instructions.

26. A system for cardiac resynchronization of a patient, the system comprising:

one or more processors in communication with a plurality of measurement electrodes operatively coupled to the patient;

a display device in communication with the one or more processors; and

a tangible, non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive, from the plurality of measurement electrodes, a first set of electrical measurements indicating electrical characteristics of the patient's heart without at least one lead from an implantable medical device providing electrical energy to the patient's heart;

receive, from the plurality of measurement electrodes, a plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating electrical characteristics of the patient's heart with the at least one lead providing electrical energy to the patient's heart, each of the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating a different characteristic for the implantable medical device, the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating a response of the patient's heart to therapy delivery by the implantable medical device via the at least one lead;

determine a plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values based on comparing the first set of electrical measurements with the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements, wherein the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values corresponds to the different characteristics for the implantable medical device; and

cause display of an image on the display device, the image indicating the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values.

27. The system of claim 26 , wherein the different characteristics comprises a plurality of atrial-ventricular (AV) delays,

wherein the image comprises a graphical representation of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values with the plurality of AV delays, and

wherein each of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values has a corresponding AV delay from the plurality of AV delays.

28. The system of claim 26 , wherein the different characteristics comprises a plurality of Bi-ventricular (BiV) delays and a plurality of left ventricular lead only (LV-only) delays,

wherein the image comprises a graphical representation of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values with the plurality of Bi-V delays and the plurality of LV-only delays, and

wherein each of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values has a corresponding Bi-V delays from the plurality of Bi-V delays or a corresponding L V-only delay from the plurality of LV-only delays.

29. The system of claim 26 , wherein the different characteristics comprises a plurality of ventricular-ventricular (VV) delays,

wherein the image comprises a graphical representation of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values with the plurality of VV delays, and

wherein each of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values has a corresponding VV delay from the plurality of VV delays.

30. The system of claim 26 , wherein the image comprises a graphical representation of a first signal from a left lead of the implantable medical device, a second signal from a right lead of the implantable medical device, and a third signal corresponding to a native signal of the patient's heart.

31. The system of claim 30 , wherein to cause display of the image on the display device, the one or more processors cause display of an animation of a first wavefront, second wavefront, and third wavefront propagating through a second graphical representation of the patient's heart,

wherein the first wavefront corresponds to the first signal,

wherein the second wavefront corresponds to the second signal,

and wherein the third wavefront corresponds to the third signal.

32. A non-transitory computer readable data medium storing computer-executable instructions, for cardiac resynchronization of a patient, that, when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a plurality of measurement electrodes, a first set of electrical measurements indicating native electrical energy applied to the patient's heart;

receiving, from the plurality of measurement electrodes, a plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating the native electrical energy applied to the patient's heart and electrical energy applied by at least one lead to the patient's heart, each of the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements corresponding to a different characteristic;

determining a plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values based on comparisons of the first set of electrical measurements and the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements; and

causing display of information based on the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values on a display device.

33. The computer-readable medium of claim 32 , wherein to causing the display of information, comprises the computer-readable medium being configured to provide one or more instructions to cause display of at least one of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values.

34. The computer-readable medium of claim 32 , wherein receiving the first set of electrical measurements comprises receiving the first set of electrical measurements indicating electrical characteristics of the patient's heart without a left lead, configured to be operatively coupled to a left portion of the patient's heart, providing electrical energy to the patient's heart.

35. The computer-readable medium of claim 34 , wherein receiving the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements, comprises receiving the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating the electrical characteristics of the patient's heart with the left lead providing electrical energy to the patient's heart.

36. The computer-readable medium of claim 32 , wherein the at least one lead comprises a left lead configured to be operatively coupled to a left portion of the patient's heart and a right lead operatively coupled to a right portion of the patient's heart, and wherein receiving the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements, comprises receiving the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating electrical characteristics of the patient's heart with the left lead and the right lead providing electrical energy to the patient's heart.

37. The computer-readable medium of claim 32 , wherein the medium further comprises instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

determine, based on the first set of electrical measurements, a plurality of characteristics to apply to the at least one lead based on the first set of electrical measurements,

wherein the plurality of characteristics comprises each of the different characteristics, and wherein receiving the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements is based on the plurality of characteristics.

38. The computer-readable medium of claim 37 , wherein the at least one lead comprises a left lead configured to be operatively coupled to a left portion of the patient's heart and a right lead configured to be operatively coupled to a right portion of the patient's heart, and wherein the plurality of characteristics comprises a plurality of atrial-ventricular (AV) delays.

39. The computer-readable medium of claim 38 , wherein the plurality of AV delays corresponds to a plurality of left ventricle (LV) delays for the left lead to apply the electrical energy to the patient's heart.

40. The computer-readable medium of claim 38 , wherein the plurality of AV delays corresponds to a plurality of biventricular (BiV) delays for the left lead and the right lead to apply the electrical energy to the patient's heart.

41. The computer-readable medium of claim 37 , wherein the at least one lead comprises a left lead configured to be operatively coupled to a left portion of the patient's heart and a right lead configured to be operatively coupled to a right portion of the patient's heart, and wherein the plurality of characteristics comprises a plurality of ventricular-ventricular (VV) delays.

42. A non-transitory computer readable medium for cardiac resynchronization of a patient comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from the plurality of measurement electrodes, a first set of electrical measurements indicating first electrical signals applied to the patient's heart;

in response to one or more first instructions for an implantable medical device indicating a plurality of parameters for at least one lead, receiving, from the plurality of measurement electrodes, a plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating second electrical signals applied to the patient's heart;

determining a plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values based on comparing the first set of electrical measurements with the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements;

determining an optimized parameter, from the plurality of parameters, based on the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values; and

instructing a display device to display, in association with the implantable medical device, one or more second instructions to configure cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), via at least one or more therapy electrodes of the implantable medical device, based on the optimized parameter.

43. The computer readable medium of claim 42 , wherein the at least one lead comprises a left ventricle lead configured to be operatively coupled to a left ventricle of the patient's heart and a right ventricle lead configured to be operatively coupled to a right ventricle of the patient's heart, and wherein the tangible, non-transitory storage medium further comprises instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

provide, to the implantable medical device, one or more third instructions to cause the implantable medical device to provide no electrical energy to the left ventricle lead and the right ventricle lead, and

wherein receiving the first set of electrical measurements is based on providing the one or more third instructions.

44. The computer readable medium of claim 42 , wherein each of the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements is associated with a different parameter from the plurality of parameters.

45. The computer readable medium of claim 44 , wherein to determine the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

determine a first dyssynchrony measurement for the first set of electrical measurements;

determine a plurality of second dyssynchrony measurements for each of the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements; and

determine the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values based on comparing the first dyssynchrony measurement with each of the plurality of second dyssynchrony measurements.

46. The computer readable medium of claim 45 , wherein the plurality of measurement electrodes comprises a plurality of anterior electrodes and a plurality of posterior electrodes, wherein the first set of electrical measurements comprises a plurality of anterior measurements from the plurality of anterior electrodes and a plurality of posterior measurements from the plurality of posterior electrodes, and wherein to determine the first dyssynchrony measurement, the computer readable medium configures the one or more processors to determine the first dyssynchrony measurement based on comparing the plurality of anterior measurements with the plurality of posterior measurements.

47. The computer readable medium of claim 45 , wherein the plurality of measurement electrodes comprises a plurality of anterior electrodes and a plurality of posterior electrodes, wherein each of the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements comprises a plurality of anterior measurements from the plurality of anterior electrodes and a plurality of posterior measurements from the plurality of posterior electrodes, and wherein to determine each of the plurality of second dyssynchrony measurements, the computer readable medium configures the one or more processors to determine each of the plurality of second dyssynchrony measurements based on comparing the corresponding second dyssynchrony measurement with the first dyssynchrony measurement.

48. A non-transitory computer readable medium for cardiac resynchronization of a patient comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, comprising:

receive, from a plurality of measurement electrodes, a first set of electrical measurements indicating electrical characteristics of the patient's heart without at least one lead from an implantable medical device providing electrical energy to the patient's heart;

receive, from the plurality of measurement electrodes, a plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating electrical characteristics of the patient's heart with the at least one lead providing electrical energy to the patient's heart, each of the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating a different characteristic for the implantable medical device, the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating a response of the patient's heart to therapy delivery by the implantable medical device via the at least one lead;

determine a plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values based on comparing the first set of electrical measurements with the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements, wherein the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values corresponds to the different characteristics for the implantable medical device; and

cause display of an image on a display device, the image indicating the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values.

49. The computer readable medium of claim 48 , wherein the different characteristics comprises a plurality of atrial-ventricular (AV) delays,

wherein the image comprises a graphical representation of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values with the plurality of AV delays, and

wherein each of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values has a corresponding AV delay from the plurality of AV delays.

50. The computer readable medium of claim 48 , wherein the different characteristics comprises a plurality of Bi-ventricular (BiV) delays and a plurality of left ventricular lead only (LV-only) delays,

wherein the image comprises a graphical representation of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values with the plurality of Bi-V delays and the plurality of LV-only delays, and

wherein each of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values has a corresponding Bi-V delays from the plurality of Bi-V delays or a corresponding LV-only delay from the plurality of LV-only delays.

51. The computer readable medium of claim 48 , wherein the different characteristics comprises a plurality of ventricular-ventricular (VV) delays,

wherein the image comprises a graphical representation of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values with the plurality of VV delays,

wherein each of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values has a corresponding VV delay from the plurality of VV delays, and

further wherein the image comprises a graphical representation of a first signal from a left lead of the implantable medical device, a second signal from a right lead of the implantable medical device, and a third signal corresponding to a native signal of the patient's heart.

52. The computer readable medium of claim 48 , wherein to cause display of the image on the display device, the instruction configure the one or more processors to cause display of an animation of a first wavefront, second wavefront, and third wavefront propagating through a second graphical representation of the patient's heart,

wherein the first wavefront corresponds to the first signal,

wherein the second wavefront corresponds to the second signal,

and wherein the third wavefront corresponds to the third signal.

53. A computer-implemented method for cardiac resynchronization of a patient comprising:

receiving, from a plurality of measurement electrodes, a first set of electrical measurements indicating native electrical energy applied to the patient's heart;

receiving, from the plurality of measurement electrodes, a plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating the native electrical energy applied to the patient's heart and electrical energy applied by at least one lead to the patient's heart, each of the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements corresponding to a different characteristic;

determining a plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values based on comparisons of the first set of electrical measurements and the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements; and

causing display of information based on the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values on a display device.

54. The computer-implemented method of claim 53 , wherein to causing the display of information, comprises providing one or more instructions to cause display of at least one of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values.

55. The computer-implemented method of claim 53 , wherein receiving the first set of electrical measurements comprises receiving the first set of electrical measurements indicating electrical characteristics of the patient's heart without a left lead, configured to be operatively coupled to a left portion of the patient's heart, providing electrical energy to the patient's heart.

56. The computer-implemented method of claim 55 , wherein receiving the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements, comprises receiving the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating the electrical characteristics of the patient's heart with the left lead providing electrical energy to the patient's heart.

57. The computer-implemented method of claim 53 , further comprising:

determining, based on the first set of electrical measurements, a plurality of characteristics to apply to the at least one lead based on the first set of electrical measurements,

wherein the plurality of characteristics comprises each of the different characteristics, and wherein receiving the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements is based on the plurality of characteristics.

58. A computer-implemented method for cardiac resynchronization of patient, comprising:

receiving, from the plurality of measurement electrodes, a first set of electrical measurements indicating first electrical signals applied to the patient's heart;

in response to one or more first instructions for an implantable medical device indicating a plurality of parameters for at least one lead, receiving, from the plurality of measurement electrodes, a plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating second electrical signals applied to the patient's heart;

determining a plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values based on comparing the first set of electrical measurements with the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements;

determining an optimized parameter, from the plurality of parameters, based on the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values; and

instructing a display device to display, in association with the implantable medical device, one or more second instructions to configure cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), via at least one or more therapy electrodes of the implantable medical device, based on the optimized parameter.

59. The computer-implemented method of claim 58 , wherein each of the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements is associated with a different parameter from the plurality of parameters.

60. The computer-implemented method of claim 59 , wherein to determine the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values, the method comprising:

determining a first dyssynchrony measurement for the first set of electrical measurements; determining a plurality of second dyssynchrony measurements for each of the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements; and

determining the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values based on comparing the first dyssynchrony measurement with each of the plurality of second dyssynchrony measurements.

61. The computer-implemented method of claim 60 , wherein the plurality of measurement electrodes comprises a plurality of anterior electrodes and a plurality of posterior electrodes, wherein the first set of electrical measurements comprises a plurality of anterior measurements from the plurality of anterior electrodes and a plurality of posterior measurements from the plurality of posterior electrodes, and wherein to determine the first dyssynchrony measurement, the method comprising determining the first dyssynchrony measurement based on comparing the plurality of anterior measurements with the plurality of posterior measurements.

62. The computer-implemented method of claim 60 , wherein the plurality of measurement electrodes comprises a plurality of anterior electrodes and a plurality of posterior electrodes, wherein each of the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements comprises a plurality of anterior measurements from the plurality of anterior electrodes and a plurality of posterior measurements from the plurality of posterior electrodes, and wherein determining each of the plurality of second dyssynchrony measurements, the method comprising determining each of the plurality of second dyssynchrony measurements based on comparing the corresponding second dyssynchrony measurement with the first dyssynchrony measurement.

63. A computer-implemented method for cardiac resynchronization of a patient comprising:

receiving, from a plurality of measurement electrodes, a first set of electrical measurements indicating electrical characteristics of the patient's heart without at least one lead from an implantable medical device providing electrical energy to the patient's heart;

receiving, from the plurality of measurement electrodes, a plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating electrical characteristics of the patient's heart with the at least one lead providing electrical energy to the patient's heart, each of the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating a different characteristic for the implantable medical device, the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements indicating a response of the patient's heart to therapy delivery by the implantable medical device via the at least one lead;

determining a plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values based on comparing the first set of electrical measurements with the plurality of second sets of electrical measurements, wherein the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values corresponds to the different characteristics for the implantable medical device; and

causing display of an image on a display device, the image indicating the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values.

64. The computer-implemented method of claim 63 , wherein the different characteristics comprises a plurality of atrial-ventricular (AV) delays,

wherein the image comprises a graphical representation of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values with the plurality of AV delays, and

wherein each of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values has a corresponding AV delay from the plurality of AV delays.

65. The computer-implemented method of claim 63 , wherein the different characteristics comprises a plurality of Bi-ventricular (BiV) delays and a plurality of left ventricular lead only (LV-only) delays,

wherein the image comprises a graphical representation of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values with the plurality of Bi-V delays and the plurality of LV-only delays, and

wherein each of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values has a corresponding Bi-V delays from the plurality of Bi-V delays or a corresponding LV-only delay from the plurality of LV-only delays.

66. The computer-implemented method of claim 63 , wherein the different characteristics comprises a plurality of ventricular-ventricular (VV) delays,

wherein the image comprises a graphical representation of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values with the plurality of VV delays, and

wherein each of the plurality of cardiac resynchronization index values has a corresponding VV delay from the plurality of VV delays.

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