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US 6,662,050 B2Granted
Notification of programmed state of medical device
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorWalter H. Olson
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Abstract
An implantable medical device, such as an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) issues a notification when it has been left in a programmed state for some time, possibly inadvertently. The patient or another person may then initiate a course of corrective action, such as programming the device to an appropriate state.
Claims33
A method for indicating a programmed state of an implantable medical device, the method comprising:
- detecting a programmed state of the implantable medical device;
- subsequently determining whether the implantable medical device is in the programmed state similar to the detected programmed state;
- and
- issuing a notification when the implantable medical device is in the same programmed state.
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A processor-readable medium containing instructions to cause a processor to:
- detect a programmed state of an implantable medical device;
- at a subsequent time after detecting the programmed state, determine whether the implantable medical device is in the same programmed state;
- and
- when the implantable medical device is in the same programmed state, issue a notification.
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An implantable medical device comprising:
- a control module programmable to a programmed state;
- a monitoring module to detect the programmed state;
- and
- an alert module to issue a notification when the control module remains in the programmed state at a subsequent time after the monitoring module detects the programmed state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.