Implantable medical device with gyroscope

US10413733B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Bin Mi · Plymouth, US
• Pramodsingh Hirasingh Thakur · Woodbury, US
• Jeffrey E. Stahmann · Ramsey, US
• Keith R. Maile · New Brighton, US
• Qi An · Blaine, US
• Brendan Early Koop · Ham Lake, US
• Yinghong Yu · Shoreview, US
• Viktoria A. Averina · Shoreview, US
• Michael J. Kane · Clinton, US
• Krzysztof Z. Siejko · Maple Grove, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 23, 2017
• Grant date: Sep 17, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 4, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/37252
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An implantable medical device (IMD) that includes a housing, a first electrode secured relative to the housing, a second electrode secured relative to the housing, and a gyroscope secured relative to the housing. The IMD may include circuitry in the housing in communication with the first electrode, the second electrode, and the gyroscope. The circuitry may be configured to determine and store a plurality of torsion data measurements, from which a representation of a twist profile may be determined.