IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PHYSICAL LAYER UTILIZED DURING A WIRELESS CONNECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20220140854A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US17085017

    申请日:2020-10-30

    申请人: Pacesetter, Inc.

    摘要: An implantable medical device, external device and method for managing a wireless communication are provided. The IMD includes a transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly, with an external device (ED), utilizing a protocol that utilizes multiple physical layers. The transceiver is configured to transmit information indicating that the transceiver is configured with first, second, and third physical layers (PHYs) for wireless communication. The IMD includes memory configured to store program instructions. The IMD includes one or more processors configured to execute instructions to obtain an instruction designating one of the first, second and third PHY to be utilized for at least one of transmission or reception, during a communication session, with the external device and manage the transceiver to utilize, during the communication session, the one of the first, second and third PHY as designated.

    BIOSTIMULATOR HAVING PATCH ANTENNA

    公开(公告)号:US20210260389A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-26

    申请号:US17182092

    申请日:2021-02-22

    申请人: PACESETTER, INC

    摘要: A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a patch antenna integrated into a housing, is described. The housing includes an annular wall that contains electronic circuitry of the biostimulator and provides a ground plane of the antenna. The patch antenna includes a meandering trace embedded in a curved dielectric layer that is mounted on the annular wall. The trace provides a conductor of the antenna and the dielectric layer provides a dielectric substrate of the antenna between the conductor and the ground plane. The electronic circuitry contained within the annular wall is electrically connected to the trace via an electrical feedthrough that passes through the annular wall and the dielectric layer. The electrical feedthrough places the electronic circuitry in communication with the antenna to transmit or receive wireless communication signals from an external device. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

    BIOSTIMULATOR HEADER ASSEMBLY HAVING ANTENNA

    公开(公告)号:US20230398364A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-14

    申请号:US18206980

    申请日:2023-06-07

    申请人: Pacesetter, Inc.

    摘要: A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, has a header assembly that includes an antenna. A header assembly includes an antenna cap having an antenna loop embedded in a cap body. The cap body includes a dielectric material, and the antenna loop extends about a central channel of the cap body. The central channel extends along a longitudinal axis over a cap length, and the cap body has a cap width transverse to the longitudinal axis. The cap body has an aspect ratio of the cap width to the cap length greater than 1. A header assembly includes an antenna loop of the antenna encased in a header body of the header assembly. The header assembly includes a fixation element. A proximal end of the fixation element is encased in the header body. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.