Implantable medical device crosstalk evaluation and mitigation

US8611996B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• William T. Donofrio · Cincinnati, US
• John E. Burnes · Andover, US
• Paul G. Krause · St. Louis Park, US
• Xiaohong Zhou · Woodbury, US
• Gerald P. Arne · Orr, US
• David J. Peichel · Minneapolis, US
• James D. Reinke · Maple Grove, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 2009
• Grant date: Dec 17, 2013
• Expiry date: Dec 31, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/37288
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Electrical crosstalk between two implantable medical devices or two different therapy modules of a common implantable medical device may be evaluated, and, in some examples, mitigated. In some examples, one of the implantable medical devices or therapy modules delivers electrical stimulation to a nonmyocardial tissue site or a nonvascular cardiac tissue site, and the other implantable medical device or therapy module delivers cardiac rhythm management therapy to a heart of the patient.