Pacesetter, Inc.

Yonjian Wu

Reza Shahandeh

Chao-Wen Young

Samir Shah

Jun Yang

Thanh Tieu

Mostafa Sadeghi

Systems and methods are provided for bridging a bi-directional communication link between an external device and an implantable medical device (IMD). The systems and methods establish a first bi-directional communication link between an external device and a wireless bridge device according to a wireless protocol, and establish a second bi-directional communication link between the wireless bridge device and an IMD concurrently with the first bi-direction communication link according to the wireless protocol. The systems and methods further receive a data packet from the external device at the wireless bridge device. The data packet is received during the communication interval. The systems and methods further transmit the data packet from the wireless bridge device to the IMD during the communication interval.

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Saratoga, CA, United States of America

Yonjian Wu