Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for computer-assisted goal setting and tracking with respect to neuromodulation device treatment. A digital health system includes a user-interface device to receive a user input about a personalized objective of neuromodulation treatment or an intended manner of using the neuromodulation device by the patient. The user input can be in forms of text, voice, or other unstructured or unclassified data formats. A controller circuit can process the user input using analytical methods including natural language processing to generate a personalized treatment and device usage goal, and track the progress toward the personalized treatment and device usage goal using patient state information. The tracked progress may be presented to the patient, or be used to initiate or adjust a neuromodulation therapy.

Abstract: A medical system may include a patient system configured for use to determine health-related information for a patient, and deliver a neuromodulation therapy. The patient system may include a patient device having a user interface, storage for storing patient assistance data for each of a plurality of issues that may adversely affect patient satisfaction with the patient system, and a satisfaction monitor configured to determine, from the health-related information, that at least one of the plurality of issues may be adversely affecting the patient satisfaction, and send the patient assistance data, that corresponds to the at least one of the plurality of issues, to the user interface.

Abstract: This document discusses systems, devices, and methods for monitoring and managing patients with chronic pain. A patient monitoring system comprises a sensor circuit to sense a physiological or functional signal indicative of or correlated to patient mobility, an electrostimulator to generate and deliver neuromodulation therapy to the patient, and a controller circuit to generate a mobility metric using the sensed physiological or functional signal. The mobility metric represents respective times spent in different activity intensity levels associated with one or more types of activities during a specific time period. The controller circuit can trend the mobility metric over time and determine a progress toward a personalized mobility goal of the patient, and control the electrostimulator to initiate or adjust the neuromodulation therapy in accordance with the trended mobility metric or the determined progress toward the mobility goal.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed to evaluate a neurostimulation treatment provided from a neurostimulation device, based on freeform text analysis. In an example, a system or device to evaluate a neurostimulation treatment provided from a neurostimulation device is configured to perform operations that: obtain text content, originating from text or voice input of a human patient, which relates to a state of a human patient; identify a state of the human patient from natural language processing of the text content; obtain device data from the neurostimulation device; identify a state of the neurostimulation treatment of the human patient from the device data; associate the identified state of the human patient to the identified state of the neurostimulation treatment; and initiate an action for the neurostimulation treatment, based on the identified state of the human patient that is associated with the identified state of the neurostimulation treatment.

Abstract: This document discusses a computer-implemented method of machine recognition of a physiological condition of a subject. The computer-implemented method comprises obtaining a video stream of the subject using a video data source; identifying, using processing circuitry, one or more areas within image frames of the video stream that contain a physiological feature of the subject; analyzing video data of the identified one or more areas in the image frames using the processing circuitry to detect change of the physiological feature between a first frame of video data and a later frame of video data; determining one or more change parameters of the physiological feature from the video data; and generating an indication of a symptom of Parkinson's Disease according to a detection criterion applied to the one or more change parameters.

Abstract: A system may include at least one data collection platform and an event detector configured to detect an event. The at least one data collection platform may be configured for use to collect healthcare-related data at a defined data resolution for transfer to a data receiving system that may include one or more processors, at least one data input for receiving healthcare-related data, and memory for storing instructions for implementation by the one or more processors to collect healthcare-related data via the at least one data input. The at least one data collection platform may be configured to change the data resolution for collecting healthcare-related data in response to the detected event.

Abstract: A control module for an electrical stimulation system includes a sealed electronics housing; an electronic subassembly disposed within the electronics housing; one or more connector assemblies coupled to the electronic subassembly; and a rechargeable battery disposed external to the electronics housing. The one or more connector assemblies are configured to receive a lead. The rechargeable battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a single battery case attached directly to the sealed electronics housing and forming a sealed cavity that encapsulates both the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The battery case is electrically isolated from each of the positive electrode and the battery electrode.

Abstract: This document discusses systems, devices, and methods for computer-assisted pain or paresthesia assessment and pain management in a subject. A system includes a programming aid device including a user interface, a transceiver circuit to receive information about pain management for the patient from one or more of a software-based virtual agent (SVA) or a human assistant other than the patient, and a controller circuit to initiate and manage information exchange session between the patient and one or more of the SVA or the human assistant, via the user interface, regarding pain or paresthesia sensation and pain management. Based on the information exchange, the controller determines a stimulation setting, and generate a therapy control signal to the neuromodulation device to initiate delivery of neuromodulation energy according to the determined stimulation setting.

Abstract: A control module for an electrical stimulation system includes a sealed electronics housing; an electronic subassembly disposed within the electronics housing; one or more connector assemblies coupled to the electronic subassembly; and a rechargeable battery disposed external to the electronics housing. The one or more connector assemblies are configured to receive a lead. The rechargeable battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a single battery case attached directly to the sealed electronics housing and forming a sealed cavity that encapsulates both the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The battery case is electrically isolated from each of the positive electrode and the battery electrode.

Abstract: An electrical stimulation lead includes a lead body having a distal end portion, a proximal end portion, and a longitudinal length; electrodes disposed along the distal end portion of the lead body; terminals disposed along the proximal end portion of the lead body; and conductors electrically coupling the plurality of terminals to the plurality of electrodes. At least one of the electrodes or terminals is a coated contact. Each coated contact includes a conductive substrate and a conductive coating disposed on the substrate.

Abstract: An electrical stimulation system includes an implantable control module for implantation in a body of a patient and having an antenna, a secondary power source, and a processor coupled to the antenna and the secondary power source. The control module provides electrical stimulation current to an electrical stimulation lead for stimulation of patient tissue. The system also includes a primary power source to be worn or carried by the patient external to the body of the patient and to deliver power to the control module through the antenna. The control module preferentially utilizes power directly from the primary power source for the electrical stimulation current when the primary power source is available. The system can also include an electrical stimulation lead, a lead extension, or an external programming unit.