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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2011
Steven M. Goetz, North Oaks, MN (US);
Donald R. Johnson, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Andrew H. Houchins, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Jeffrey T. Keacher, Stanford, CA (US);
Theodore J. Stone, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Kenneth T. Heruth, Edina, MN (US);
Gary W. King, Fridley, MN (US);
Roy L. Testerman, New Hope, MN (US);
Steven M. Goetz, North Oaks, MN (US);
Donald R. Johnson, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Andrew H. Houchins, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Jeffrey T. Keacher, Stanford, CA (US);
Theodore J. Stone, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Kenneth T. Heruth, Edina, MN (US);
Gary W. King, Fridley, MN (US);
Roy L. Testerman, New Hope, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Techniques that involve application of one or more rules to a 'parent' program to generate a plurality of different 'child' programs are described. Each of the rules may define a respective electrode configuration modification, and each child program may be a variation of the parent based on a modification of the electrode configuration of the parent according to one of the rules. The systems or devices may generate further generations of child programs from a previous generation child program using the same one or more rules. The child programs may be provided to a user, so that the user may test the efficacy of the new programs, assisting the user in identifying desirable programs. The child programs may be relatively minor variations of the parent program, and the user may “fine tune” a generally desirable parent program by testing the child programs.