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- Patent Title: Implantable medical device using internal sensors to determine when to switch operational modes
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Application No.: US16935047Application Date: 2020-07-21
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Publication No.: US11464985B2Publication Date: 2022-10-11
- Inventor: Robert M. Ecker , Matthew P. Hanly , Charles R. Gordon , Gary J. Pauly , Michael B. Terry , Jerry D. Reiland , Hyun J. Yoon , Ryan D. Wyszynski , Jon E. Thissen
- Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61N1/372
- IPC: A61N1/372 ; A61N1/365 ; H04W76/10

Abstract:
Techniques for switching an implantable medical device (IMD) from a first mode to a second mode in relation to signals obtained from internal sensors are described. The internal sensors may include a temperature sensor and a biosensor. In some examples, processing circuitry of the IMD may make a first preliminary determination that the IMD is implanted based on a first signal from the temperature sensor. In response to the first preliminary determination being that the IMD is implanted, the processing circuitry may make a second preliminary determination that the IMD is implanted based on a second signal from the biosensor. The processing circuitry may switch the IMD from a first mode to a second mode based on both the first preliminary determination and the second preliminary determination being that the IMD is implanted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210370076A1 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE USING INTERNAL SENSORS TO DETERMINE WHEN TO SWITCH OPERATIONAL MODES Public/Granted day:2021-12-02
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