Medical device system with energy consumption calculation and method
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsSandra Beck Charlton, James Jason Sims, Mark Richard Swanovich
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Abstract
Implantable medical device and method provides pacing to a patient having a heart using a plurality of electrodes. Electrical circuitry is operatively coupled to each of the plurality of electrodes on each of the plurality of leads and is configured to provide a plurality of stimulation vectors with the plurality of electrodes to the heart of the patient. The electrical circuitry is configured to calculate an energy consumption for each of the plurality of stimulation vectors. The electrical circuitry is configured to take an action based, at least in part, on the energy consumption calculated for each of the plurality of stimulation vectors
Claims24
A medical system, comprising:
- an implantable medical device for providing electrical stimulation to a patient, said implantable medical device having:
- a plurality of electrodes;
- and
- electrical circuitry, operatively coupled to each of said plurality of electrodes, being configured to provide a plurality of stimulation vectors with said plurality of electrodes to said patient;
- and
- said electrical circuitry being configured to calculate an energy consumption for each of said plurality of stimulation vectors;
- said medical system being configured to take an action based, at least in part, on said energy consumption calculated for each of said plurality of stimulation vectors.
A device-implemented method using an implantable medical device having a plurality of electrodes, comprising the steps of:
- delivering a plurality of stimulation vectors with said plurality of electrodes to a heart of a patient;
- calculating a energy consumption for each of said plurality of stimulation vectors;
- and
- taking an action based, at least in part, on said energy consumption calculated for each of said plurality of stimulation vectors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.