Concurrent delivery of treatment therapy with telemetry in an implantable medical device

A method, comprising the steps of:

• transcutaneously recharging a rechargeable power source of an implantable medical device wherein an electromagnetic signal is generated by said transcutaneously recharging of said implantable medical device;
• and
• bi-directionally transcutaneously communicating via telemetry between said implantable medical device and an external device using a telemetry signal while said telemetry signal and said electromagnetic signal occur simultaneously, and wherein said telemetry module is adapted to prevent said electromagnetic signal from corrupting said telemetry signal.

A medical device implantable within a patient, comprising:

• a circuit adapted to transcutaneously recharge a rechargeable power source of the medical device, said transcutaneous recharging generating an electromagnetic signal and
• a telemetry module adapted to perform bi-directional telemetry communication via a telemetry signal while said electromagnetic signal is occurring, and said telemetry module is adapted to prevent corruption of said telemetry signal by said electromagnetic signal.