Granted Patent B2

US 12,447,350 · App. 17/891,082 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Inventors: Erika Ross (Dallas, TX); Mary Khun Hor-Lao (Prosper, TX); Binesh Balasingh (Prosper, TX); Scott DeBates (Frisco, TX); Doug Lautner (Frisco, TX); Kyuwan Choi (Plano, TX); Anahita Kyani (Plano, TX)

Assignee: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.

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Abstract

Claims (26)

1. A method of remotely programming an implantable medical device that provides therapy to a patient, comprising:

establishing a first communication between a patient controller (PC) device and the implantable medical device, wherein the implantable medical device provides therapy to the patient according to one or more programmable parameters, the PC device communicates signals to the implantable medical device to set or modify the one or more programmable parameters, and the PC device comprises a video camera;

establishing a video connection between the PC device and a clinician programmer (CP) device of a clinician for a remote programming session in a second communication that includes an audio/video (A/V) session;

communicating a value for a respective programmable parameter of the medical device from the CP device to the PC device during the remote programming session; and

modifying, by the PC device, the respective programming parameter of the medical device according to the communicated value from the CP device during the remote programming session;

wherein the method further comprises:

automatically analyzing, by one or more processors, video data of the patient from the A/V session to identify a plurality of landmark points along a body of the patient indicative of pose or posture of the patient;

processing data related to the landmark points to identify a plurality of first metrics with each first metric representing a ratio of areas defined relative to selected landmark points;

processing data related to landmark points to identify a plurality of second metrics with each second metric representing a ratio of distances across the pose or posture of the patient;

providing the first and second metrics to a trained neural network to generate a patient metric indicative of patient condition; and

displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) component indicative of the patient metric using the CP device during the remote programming session.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

overlaying one or more graphical user interface (GUI) elements over video of the patient to indicate a level or classification of one or more metrics related to the neurological condition of the patient, wherein the one or more metrics related to the neurological condition are calculated using one or more trained neural networks.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the neurological condition of the patient is related to a motor disorder of the patient.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the neurological condition of the patient is related to chronic pain of the patient.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the one or more GUI elements are superimposed over or surrounding bodily regions automatically analyzed for patient movement.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein the one or more GUI elements are indicative of tremor of the patient.

7. The method of claim 2 wherein the one or more GUI elements are indicative of rigidity of the patient.

8. The method of claim 2 wherein the one or more GUI elements are modified according to an artificial intelligence (AI) classification of patient movement.

9. The method of claim 2 wherein the one or more GUI elements are modified according to an artificial intelligence (AI) quantification of patient movement.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying calculated anatomical features that track patient movement over a display of the patient in the first mode of operation.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the calculated anatomical features comprise one or more features that follow limb movement of the patient.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the calculated anatomical features comprise one or more features that follow torso movement of the patient.

13. The method of claim 10 wherein the calculated anatomical features comprise one or more features that follow head movement of the patient.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the CP device is programmed to provide one or more pop-up windows to display of one or more GUI components related to one or more neurological conditions of the patient.

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