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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 11, 2019
Applicant:

Pacesetter, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yongjian Wu, Saratoga, CA (US);

Chao-Wen Young, Cupertino, CA (US);

Jun Yang, Valencia, CA (US);

Xing Pei, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Reza Shahandeh, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Assignee:

PACESETTER, INC., Sylmar, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/10 (2018.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); H04W 76/20 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/10 (2018.02); A61N 1/37223 (2013.01); A61N 1/37247 (2013.01); A61N 1/37276 (2013.01); H04L 69/28 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 52/0216 (2013.01); H04W 76/20 (2018.02); H04W 52/0254 (2013.01); H04W 52/0277 (2013.01); Y02D 70/00 (2018.01); Y02D 70/10 (2018.01); Y02D 70/14 (2018.01); Y02D 70/144 (2018.01); Y02D 70/164 (2018.01); Y02D 70/20 (2018.01); Y02D 70/26 (2018.01);
Abstract

A method, system and external instrument are provided. The method initiates a communication link between an external instrument (EI) and an implantable medical device (MD), established a first connection interval for conveying data packets between the EI and IMD and monitors a connection criteria that includes at least one of a data throughput requirement. A battery indicator or link condition of the communications link is between the IMD and EI. The method further changes from the first connection interval to a second connection interval based on the connection criteria.


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