US 11,633,609 B2 · System and methods for establishing a communication session between an implantable medical device and an external device

Abstract

A method is provided for establishing a communication session with an implantable medical device (“IMD”). The method includes configuring an IMD and an external device to communicate with one another through a protocol that utilizes a dedicated advertisement channel. The advertisement period and the scan period of the protocol are independent of one another such that the advertisement and scan periods at least partially overlap intermittently after a number of cycles. When the external device detects one of the advertisement notices, the method includes establishing a communications link between the external device and the IMD.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An implantable medical device (IMD), comprising:

memory configured to store program code;
a processor that, when executing the program code, is configured to:
at least one of i) analyze signals indicative of cardiac activity or ii) deliver a therapy;
construct an advertisement notice that includes a protocol data unit (PDU) payload;
insert, into the advertisement notice, information associated with at least one of an address, identity, configuration, status or feature of the IMD;
repeatedly transmit the advertisement notice over an advertisement channel at an advertisement period;
and
establish a communication link with an external device.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/086,739Filed 2 Nov 2020 · division

Priority

27 Nov 2013

Published

US 2021/0046323 A118 Feb 2021

Granted

25 Apr 2023

Term ends

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Classification11 codes

A61N 1/37252
Means for communicating with stimulators: details of algorithms or data aspects of communication system, e.g. handshaking, transmitting specific…
A61N 1/36514
Controlled by a physiological parameter, e.g. heart potential: controlled by a physiological quantity other than heart potential, e.g. blood pressure
A61N 1/37217
Means for communicating with stimulators: characterised by the communication link, e.g. acoustic or tactile
A61N 1/39622
In combination with another heart therapy: pacing therapy

Family

Application14/091,809Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Nov 2013

Application15/154,787Parent of this continuation · filed 13 May 2016

Application15/433,771Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Feb 2017

US 9,572,992 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Feb 2017

Application15/860,507Parent of this division · filed 2 Jan 2018

US 9,855,433 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Jan 2018

US 2021/0046323 A1Pre-grant publication · published 18 Feb 2021

US 11,007,370 B2Parent of this division

Application15/860,507Parent of this continuation

US 2015/0148868 A1Published application

US 2016/0256697 A1Published application

US 2017/0157411 A1Published application

US 2019/0381326 A1Published application

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System and methods for establishing a communication session between an implantable medical device and an external device

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System and methods for establishing a communication session between an implantable medical device and an external device

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Abstract

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