Method and apparatus for programming an implantable medical device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7187978
APP PUB NO 20030171789A1
SERIAL NO

10002328

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A method and system for programming settings of a medical device surgically implanted within a body of a patient. The system comprises a physician programmer, a patient programmer, an external neural stimulator, and a telemetry component being in communication with the implanted medical device, the external neural stimulator, and the physician programmer. The implantable medical device may be programmed using a two-phase process, a screening phase and an implant phase. During the screening phase, the physician and patient programmers may be used to roughly test the parameters of the stimulation to determine that the treatment therapy is efficacious. During the implant phase, the same physician and patient programmers may be used to fine tune the parameters of the stimulation.

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MEDTRONIC INC710 MEDTRONIC PARKWAY NE MAIL STOP LC340 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55432

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Christopherson, Mark A Shoreview, MN 79 14610
Goetz, Steven Brooklyn Center, MN 4 398
Grevious, John Minneapolis, MN 4 607
Lee, David W Apple Valley, MN 22 796
Malek, Shahram Plymouth, MN 3 472

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