St. Jude Medical Ab

Viktor Skoog

Hans G Strandberg

Hans Abrahamson

Mark Willerton

Tomas Snitting

Lars Forsmark

An implantable medical device has a housing having a first housing surface side, a second housing surface side opposing the first housing surface side, and an intermediate surface side extending between the first and second housing surface sides. The implantable medical device has an antenna device arranged at the first housing surface side, continuing at the intermediate surface side and further at the second housing surface side. Improved radiation characteristics are obtained in a desired direction.

Implantable medical device with an improved antenna

In a method and medical system for determining a link quality and a link quality margin of a communication link between a programmer device and an implantable medical device of such a medical system, a link quality monitoring circuit of the programmer or the medical device a present link quality and/or link quality margin at reduced signal power using at least one link quality parameter.

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Hässelby, Sweden

Viktor Skoog