Clinician Programmer Need To Know's

Question 1

What 3 measurements does Flurosync take into account?

Answer 1

Rostrocaudal positioning, medial-lateral positioning, and dorsal ventral positioning of lead

Question 2

T or F: Pulse width does not change the shape of the field

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What recruits more fibers to the SAME stimulation area and is often perceived as an increase in coverage area?

Answer 3

Pulse width

Question 4

What changes time field shape and adjusts relative distance of anodes and cathodes?

Answer 4

Focus

Question 5

What is important to find before adjusting pulse width?

Answer 5

Good CPS, fine tuned already with good coverage

Question 6

What does a higher density of nerves indicate regarding dermatome?

Answer 6

More sensitivity

Question 7

Higher in the spinal cord (north) are the nerves more lateral or medial? What is true of the south?

Answer 7

Lateral = north
Medial = south

Question 8

T or F: BSC uses bipoles in the CP for programming?

Answer 8

False

Question 9

When there is an anode on both sides of the cathode, what is that called?

Answer 9

Equal guarding

Question 10

When the patient feels tingling , what kind of threshold is this?

Answer 10

Perception threshold

Question 11

When nerves are turned on, activated, what kind of threshold is this?

Answer 11

Activation threshold

Question 12

What is the area between activation threshold and the tingling feeling?

Answer 12

Subperception threshold

Question 13

Are caudal fibers pushed medially or laterally into the cord by the rostral fibers?

Answer 13

Medially

Question 14

What does it mean to disassociate on the CP?

Answer 14

To wipe the ETS clean, clear the previous patient

Question 15

What is the cell phone tower Analogy for LeadSync ?

Answer 15

The leads can talk to each other to ping where they are relative to each other

Question 16

A capability that when activated, integrates the rostrocaudal positional data of the leads as measured but the EGL Scan during programming.

Answer 16

LeadSync technology

Question 17

What is the difference between flurosync and LeadSync?

Answer 17

Flurosync is the drag and drop interface that allows the clinician to place the leads according to the fluoroscopy placement. LeadSync is the software/technology that calculates the position of the leads and if they’ve migrated. Both are under the configuration tab.

Question 18

What are the three tabs on the CP and what are their colors?

Answer 18

Orange is Patient ( their profile)
Purple is Configuration (Flurosync, LeadSync, impedance check, EGL scan)
Blue is Programming and Mapping

Question 19

This thing takes measurements that are incorporated into programming and creating contact configurations

Answer 19

EGL scan

Aka LeadSync

Question 20

What are the first few things to say you to the patient before programming?

Answer 20

You will feel some tingling, I need to know where and how intense the feeling is. When you first feel it just barely, we consider that a 1, when it’s high we consider that an 8, and uncomfortable is a 10.. so tell me when it’s a 2.

Question 21

When we decrease the focus (-) what happens to the CPS?

Answer 21

The field becomes more narrow, more pin-pointing a certain area

Question 22

What happens when we increase the focus? (+)

Answer 22

The CPS becomes wider and expands the area of coverage

Question 23

What will show up in LeadSync if it’s unable to compute the correct alignment?

Answer 23

Yellow X

Question 24

Min and max amplitude adjustments=

Answer 24

0-25.5 mA

Question 25

Min-max pulse width=

Answer 25

20-1000 milliseconds

Question 26

Min/max frequency adjustments=

Answer 26

2-1000 Hz

Question 27

Number of programs:
Number of active areas:
Number of temp areas:

Answer 27

16
4
26

Question 28

What happens to focus when steering CPS in Navigate mode?

Answer 28

It adjusts on its own

Question 29

What does it mean if the remote icon is grayed out or colored in?

Answer 29

Therapy for that area/program is off or on

Question 30

When in manual mode, what does the equalize button do?

Answer 30

When you have two contacts selected as cathodes, the equalize button will split the current between the two 50/50, same with anodes

Question 31

Which mode would you NOT have a CPS selected?

Answer 31

Manual