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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2017
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jonathan D. Edmonson, Blaine, MN (US);
Matthew J. Hoffman, St. Paul, MN (US);
Wei Jiang, Columbia, SC (US);
Yanzhu Zhao, Blaine, MN (US);
Srikara V. Peelukhana, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Wei Gan, Woodbury, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
In some examples, this disclosure describes a method for identifying a position within a patient for a first implantable medical device (IMD) to be implanted to facilitate tissue conductive communication (TCC) between the first IMD and a second IMD implanted within the patient. In some examples, the method includes storing model data that associates patient parameter data and second IMD position data with first IMD positions based on TCC communication performance, receiving patient parameter data indicating one or more anatomical or physiological parameters of the patient, receiving second IMD position data, performing analysis by at least one of comparing the model data to the patient parameter data and the second IMD position data, performing real-time computer simulations, or a combination of comparing and performing simulations, and outputting to a user an indication of the position for the first IMD to be implanted within the patient based on the analysis.