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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Eric D. Corndorf, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert T. Sawchuk, Roseville, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36167 (2013.01); A61N 1/3624 (2013.01); A61N 1/36125 (2013.01); A61N 1/36153 (2013.01); A61N 1/3627 (2013.01); A61N 1/36139 (2013.01); A61N 1/3706 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical device is configured to deliver a series of electrical stimulation pulses including opposing polarity pulses. The medical device delivers a charge balancing pulse by modifying every nth pulse of the electrical stimulation pulses to reduce a net charge delivered over the series of electrical stimulation pulses. In some examples, the medical device may be an implantable medical device that is coupled to an extra-cardiovascular lead for delivering the cardiac pacing pulses.