Collecting gait information for evaluation and control of therapy

• Main Authors: Molnar Gregory F, Heruth Kenneth T, Miesel Keith A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.03.2017
• Subjects: DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROTHERAPY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS; RADIATION THERAPY; SURGERY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY

A medical device delivers a therapy to a patient. The medical device or another device may periodically determine an activity level or gait parameter of the patient, and associate each determined level or parameter with a current therapy parameter set. A value of at least one activity metric is dete...