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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2019
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Karen J. Kleckner, Blaine, MN (US);
Wade M. Demmer, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Vincent P. Ganion, Blaine, MN (US);
Yanina Grinberg, Plymouth, MN (US);
Paul R. Solheim, Blaine, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A medical device and method conserve electrical power used in monitoring cardiac arrhythmias. The device includes a sensing circuit configured to sense a cardiac signal, a power source and a control circuit having a processor powered by the power source. The control circuit is configured to operate in a normal state by waking up the processor to analyze the cardiac electrical signal for determining a state of an arrhythmia. The control circuit switches from the normal state to a power saving state that includes waking up the processor at a lower rate than during the normal state.