Predefined input for clinician programmer data entry

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9767255-B2
Application number	US-201314010942-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2013
Priority date	Sep 5, 2012
Publication date	Sep 19, 2017
Grant date	Sep 19, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure involves a method of entering data in a portable electronic device. A request is received from a healthcare professional to perform data entry in an input field. The request is received via a touch-sensitive user interface of the portable electronic device. In response to the request, a plurality of predefined suggestions is displayed as candidates for the data entry. A selection of one of the plurality of predefined suggestions by the healthcare professional is then detected. Thereafter, the selected predefined suggestion is automatically entered as the data entry in the input field.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
a touch-sensitive user interface configured to receive an input from a user and display an output to the user;
a memory storage configured to store programming instructions;
one or more electronic processors configured to execute the programming instructions to perform programming of a pulse generator to deliver an electrical stimulation therapy for a patient, wherein the programming includes the following steps:
receiving a request from a healthcare professional to perform data entry in a text input field in which textual information can be entered via a virtual keyboard, wherein the receiving the request comprises detecting a click of the text input field via the touch-sensitive user interface;
displaying, on a region of the touch-sensitive user interface, a plurality of predefined suggestions as candidates for the data entry, wherein the predefined suggestions are customized for one of: the healthcare professional or the patient, and wherein the plurality of predefined suggestions are previously hidden, and an appearance of the predefined suggestions is triggered in response to the detecting the click of the text input field and without using the virtual keyboard;
detecting a selection of one of the plurality of predefined suggestions by detecting a touch of the region of the touch-sensitive user interface made by the healthcare professional;
automatically entering the selected predefined suggestion as the data entry in the text input field without the use of the virtual keyboard, wherein the predefined suggestions are editable after being entered in the text input field; and
programming, in response to stimulation parameters received from the user, the pulse generator to deliver the electrical stimulation therapy to treat the patient, wherein the stimulation parameters include one or more of: stimulation pulse amplitude, stimulation pulse frequency, stimulation pulse width, electrode polarity, and electrode combination.

2. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the steps further comprise:
generating a list of popular data entries;
saving the list of popular data entries in the memory storage; and
selecting at least a subset of the list of popular data entries to be displayed as the plurality of predefined suggestions.

3. The portable electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the generating the list of popular data entries comprises defining the popular data entries in response to feedback from the healthcare professional.

4. The portable electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the steps further comprise: analyzing popular data entries stored on other portable electronic devices, wherein the generating the list of popular data entries comprises selecting at least a subset of popular data entries stored on the other portable electronic devices.

5. The portable electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the popular data entries are at least in part predefined based on a surgical procedure performed on the patient.

6. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein at least some of the predefined suggestions include blank spaces reserved for patient-specific information.

7. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the data entry is directed to a patient file, and wherein the steps further comprise:
analyzing an existing data content in the patient file; and
recommending the predefined suggestions based on the analyzed content.

8. The portable electronic device of claim 1 ., wherein the displaying comprises:
assigning a respective rank to each of the plurality of predefined suggestions according to one or more predetermined criteria; and
displaying the plurality of predefined suggestions according to their respective ranks.

9. The portable electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the predetermined criteria include frequency of past use of each of the predefined suggestions.

10. The portable electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the data entry is directed to a patient file, and wherein the predetermined criteria include correlation between each of the predefined suggestions and an existing data content in the patient file.

11. The portable electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the predetermined criteria include proximity of plurality of medical devices to the portable electronic device, and wherein the data entry is directed toward the medical devices.

12. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the portable electronic device includes a clinician programmer.

13. A medical system, comprising:
a portable electronic device having a touch-sensitive user interface through which data entry is performed with respect to an electrical stimulation therapy, wherein the portable electronic device includes a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising executable instructions that when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the steps of:
receiving a request from a healthcare professional to perform data entry in a text input field in which textual information can be entered via a virtual keyboard, wherein the receiving the request comprises detecting a click of the text input field via the touch-sensitive user interface;
displaying, on a region of the touch-sensitive user interface, a plurality of predefined suggestions as candidates for the data entry, wherein the predefined suggestions are customized for one of: the healthcare professional or a patient, and wherein the plurality of predefined suggestions are previously hidden, and an appearance of the predefined suggestions is triggered in response to the detecting the click of the text input field and without using the virtual keyboard, wherein the displaying further comprises:
assigning a respective rank to each of the plurality of predefined suggestions according to a one or more predetermined criteria including a frequency of past use of each of the predefined suggestions; and
displaying the plurality of predefined suggestions according to their respective ranks;

detecting, via the touch-sensitive user interface, a selection of one of the plurality of predefined suggestions by detecting a touch of the region of the touch-sensitive user interface made by the healthcare professional;
automatically entering the selected predefined suggestion as the data entry in the text input field without the use of the virtual keyboard; and
electronically transmitting programming instructions to a pulse generator, the programming instructions specifying stimulation parameters that include one or more of: stimulation pulse amplitude, stimulation pulse frequency, stimulation pulse width, electrode polarity, and electrode combination;

a pulse generator configured to:
receive the programming instructions; and
generate electrical pulses as a part of the electrical stimulation therapy based on the received programming instructions.

14. The medical system of claim 13 , wherein the steps further comprise:
generating a list of popular data entries;
saving the list of popular data entries in an electronic memory storage; and
selecting at least a subset of the list of popular data entries to be displayed as the plurality of predefined suggestions.

15. The medical system of claim 14 , wherein the generating the list of popular data entries comprises defining the popular data entries in response to feedback from the healthcare professional.

16. The medical system of claim 14 , wherein the steps further comprise: analyzing popular data entries stored on other portable electronic devices, wherein the generating the list of popular

Assignees

• Greatbatch Ltd
• Nuvectra Corp

Inventors

• Kaula Norbert
• Iyassu Yohannes
• Kaufman Seth
• Landers Paul

Classifications

• G06F19/3481

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F19/3418 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F19/3406

  Physics · mapped topic

• G16H20/30

  relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising · CPC title

• G16H40/63 Primary

  for local operation · CPC title