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US 2009/0157146 A1Published application
Implantable medical device with hall sensor
AssigneeCardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
InventorsWilliam J. Linder, Angela M. Muttonen
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Abstract
An operating mode of an implantable medical device can be selected using at least one of a current or a voltage provided in response to a magnetic field sensed using a Hall effect sensor.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- an implantable medical device including:
- a Hall effect sensor configured to sense a magnetic field and to provide at least one of a current or a voltage in response to the magnetic field;
- and
- a processor electrically coupled to the Hall effect sensor, the processor configured to select an operating mode of the implantable medical device using at least one of the current or the voltage provided by the Hall effect sensor.
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A method comprising:
- sensing a magnetic field using a Hall effect sensor;
- providing at least one of a current or a voltage in response to the sensed magnetic field;
- and
- selecting an operating mode of an implantable medical device using at least one of the current or the voltage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.