Medtronic, Inc.

Kathleen U Crandall

Karen J Kleckner

Donald R Merritt

James W Busacker

Mukul Jain

Mark L Haerle

Patricia K Fuher

Bor-Jiin Mao

Michael Lee Graham

Eric B Ericson

Lori L Echols

Paul R Swanberg

Dan A Hooper

A medical device system and method configure a medical device according to a configuration definition. The configuration definition includes an allowable status and a function status for each of a number of medical device functions. The medical device configuration is updated automatically in response to being interrogated by a programmer configured to update the device configuration. The device configuration is updated by updating the function status for at least one of the medical device functions in response to the allowable status for the medical device function.

Medical device function configuration post-manufacturing

A system and method for determining a remaining life estimate of the remaining battery life of a battery of an implantable medical device (IMD). The IMD battery preferably exhibits a highly reproducible monotonically decreasing discharge curve. The estimated remaining life estimates are derived by periodically measuring battery voltage, and estimating the estimated past current drain of the IMD comprising an average of the sum of the quiescent current drain and therapy delivery current drain, and determining the estimated remaining longevity from the measured voltage and the estimated past current drain.

System and method for determining remaining battery life for an implantable medical device

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Champlin, MN, United States of America

Kathleen U Crandall