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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2005
Filed:
May. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Balakrishnan Shankar, Valencia, CA (US);
Inventor:
Balakrishnan Shankar, Valencia, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N001/37 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An implantable medical device that includes a magnetic sensor circuit that senses the presence of an external magnetic field and provides a signal that is proportionate to the strength of the magnetic field. The implantable medical device uses the variable signal to determine whether a magnetic field is being applied that is selected to activate a preselected function. In one implementation, the preselected function is a power up sequence.