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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2021
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Eric A. Schilling, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Brian D. Kuhnley, Delano, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 5/0004 (2013.01); A61B 5/0015 (2013.01); A61B 5/0031 (2013.01); A61B 5/686 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0204 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, implantable medical system and an external system for communicating an alert signal via a transcutaneous energy transfer system (TETS), with or without the presence of transmission of the alert signal by an alternative wireless communication system, are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method in an implanted medical system includes obtaining the alert signal based on an occurrence of an event, and transmitting the alert signal from the implanted medical device to the external system via a TETS used to transfer power requests to the external system.