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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brian M Mann, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Leslie S Miller, Saugus, CA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1284 / ;
Abstract
A system within an implantable stimulation device and a method for limiting the extent to which rate-responsiveness can be utilized during low battery periods. A battery threshold detector is utilized to detect when the battery is below a predetermined threshold. The implantable stimulation device then switches to base rate, but with a preset recovery time used to prevent rapid rate change. In an alternate embodiment, the device may then become rate-responsive again, but with a lower allowable maximum sensor rate being used.