Pacesetter, Inc.

Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.

Souvik Dubey

Perry Li

Brett C Villavicencio

Bei Ning Zhang

Craig E Mar

Jean-Pierre Cole

Xuandong Hua

Jeffery Crook

A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a header assembly that includes an antenna, is described. The antenna can be integrated into an insulator that separates an electrode of the header assembly from a flange of the header assembly. The antenna includes an antenna loop embedded in a ceramic material of the insulator. The antenna loop is located distal to the flange to reduce the likelihood of signal interference and increase communication range of the antenna. The header assembly is mounted on a housing have an electronics compartment, and an antenna lead extends from the antenna loop to electronic circuitry contained within the electronics compartment. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Biostimulator header assembly having integrated antenna

A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a patch antenna integrated into a housing, is described. The housing includes an annular wall that contains electronic circuitry of the biostimulator and provides a ground plane of the antenna. The patch antenna includes a meandering trace embedded in a curved dielectric layer that is mounted on the annular wall. The trace provides a conductor of the antenna and the dielectric layer provides a dielectric substrate of the antenna between the conductor and the ground plane. The electronic circuitry contained within the annular wall is electrically connected to the trace via an electrical feedthrough that passes through the annular wall and the dielectric layer. The electrical feedthrough places the electronic circuitry in communication with the antenna to transmit or receive wireless communication signals from an external device. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Biostimulator having patch antenna

Techniques include a medical device including processors, one or more sensors configured to generate signals corresponding to one or more physiological signals detected in a body of a user, a communication module configured to communicate wirelessly with a receiving device using a communication protocol capable of data transmission or reception at multiple data rates, and memories including instructions to cause the one or more processors to transmit information to the receiving device indicating that the communication module is configured to communicate using the multiple data rates; determine one of the data rates to be utilized for at least one of data transmission or reception during a communication session with the receiving device; initialize the communication session with the receiving device using the determined data rate; and transmit, via to the receiving device and using the determined data rate, communications based on the signals corresponding to the physiological signals.

Method for managing a physical layer utilized during a wireless connection with medical devices

An implantable medical device, external device and method for managing a wireless communication are provided. The IMD includes a transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly, with an external device (ED), utilizing a protocol that utilizes multiple physical layers. The transceiver is configured to transmit information indicating that the transceiver is configured with first, second, and third physical layers (PHYs) for wireless communication. The IMD includes memory configured to store program instructions. The IMD includes one or more processors configured to execute instructions to obtain an instruction designating one of the first, second and third PHY to be utilized for at least one of transmission or reception, during a communication session, with the external device and manage the transceiver to utilize, during the communication session, the one of the first, second and third PHY as designated.

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Woodland Hills, CA, United States of America

Souvik Dubey