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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:
Apr. 07, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

James D. Reinke, Maple Grove, MN (US);

James K. Carney, Roseville, MN (US);

Can Cinbis, Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Richard J. O'Brien, Hugo, MN (US);

Bushan Purushothaman, Plymouth, MN (US);

Assignee:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61B 5/042 (2006.01); H04B 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61B 5/0402 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3756 (2013.01); A61B 5/0028 (2013.01); A61B 5/0422 (2013.01); A61B 5/6867 (2013.01); A61N 1/37211 (2013.01); A61N 1/3962 (2013.01); H04B 13/005 (2013.01); A61B 5/0402 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0209 (2013.01); A61N 1/3702 (2013.01); A61N 1/37205 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some examples, the disclosure describes an implantable medical device comprising a plurality of electrodes, sensing circuitry configured to sense a physiological electrical signal via the plurality of electrodes, and communication circuitry configured to transmit and/or receive a transconductance communication signal via the plurality of electrodes, wherein at least one electrode of the plurality of electrodes comprises a lower-capacitance portion and a higher-capacitance portion.


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