Implantable medical device with notification system
AssigneePacesetter, Inc.
InventorsGene A. Bornzin, Peter Boileau, Paul A. Levine, Corey L. Brown
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Abstract
An implantable medical device with a notification system. The device monitors itself and an implantee for one or more condition indicating notification and delivers the notification at a time the patient is determined to be wakeful and, optionally, at relative rest. The notification can be repeated periodically until acknowledged by the user or the system is evaluated and reprogrammed by the physician. A user input can be included to provide the device confirmation of receipt of the notification as well as to delay delivery of any indicated subsequent notifications. The notification is provided without requiring any additional or special dedicated hardware.
Claims12
An implantable medical device comprising:
- a controller;
- at least one cardiac sensing electrode providing cardiac sensed signals to the controller;
- a stimulation pulse generator receiving control signals from the controller;
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- at least one cardiac stimulation electrode connected to the stimulation pulse generator to provide indicated cardiac stimulation therapy wherein the controller evaluates the cardiac signals received from the at least one cardiac sensing electrode and, upon determination that at least one condition indicating notification has existed and that a desirable state for receipt of a notification signal exists, induces the device to deliver the notification signal;
- wherein the notification signals at least partially comprise cardiac stimulation pulses delivered by the stimulation pulse generator and the at least one cardiac stimulation electrode.
An implantable medical device comprising:
- a controller;
- at least one cardiac sensing electrode providing cardiac sensed signals to the controller;
- a stimulation pulse generator receiving control signals from the controller;
- and
- at least one cardiac stimulation electrode connected to the stimulation pulse generator so as to provide indicated stimulation therapy to the heart wherein the controller evaluates the signals received from the at least one cardiac sensing electrode and, upon determination that a first condition indicating notification has existed, induces the device to deliver at least a first notification signal and, upon determination that a second condition indicating notification has existed, induces the device to deliver a different second notification signal;
- wherein at least one of the first and second notification signals comprises delivery of one or more electrical stimulation pulses to the heart via the stimulation pulse generator and at least one cardiac stimulation electrode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.