SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING FOR AND REPORTING ON PATIENT-MADE STIMULATION THERAPY PROGRAMMING CHANGES

摘要

To provide a programmer configured to effect communication with, and programming of, an implantable medical device.SOLUTION: The programmer comprises a display 104 and a processor 107 comprising memory and coupled to the display. An interface is coupled to the processor and configured to receive therapy settings data indicative of current therapy settings operative in the implantable medical device and any modifications made to the therapy settings by a patient. The processor is configured to determine if one or more therapy settings have been modified since the last interaction with the patient, and coordinate displaying of the current therapy settings, the one or more therapy settings modified by the patient, and a previous state of the one or more therapy settings modified by the patient on the display.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1