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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2021
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Xiaoyi Min, Santa Rosa Valley, CA (US);
David Ligon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Weiqun Yang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shawn Chen, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Matthew G. Fishler, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein relate to implantable medical devices (IMDs) and methods for use therewith. Such a method includes using an accelerometer of an IMD (e.g., a leadless pacemaker) to produce one or more accelerometer outputs indicative of the orientation of the IMD. The method can also include controlling communication pulse parameter(s) of one or more communication pulses (produced by pulse generator(s)) based on accelerator output(s) indicative of the orientation of the IMD. The communication pulse parameter(s) that is/are controlled can be, e.g., communication pulse amplitude, communication pulse width, communication pulse timing, and/or communication pulse morphology. Such embodiments can be used to improve conductive communications between IMDs whose orientation relative to one another may change over time, e.g., due to changes in posture and/or due to cardiac motion over a cardiac cycle.