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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2006
Ivan Osorio, Leawood, KS (US);
Naresh C. Bhavaraju, Mission, KS (US);
Thomas E. Peters, Lawrence, KS (US);
Mark G. Frei, Lawrence, KS (US);
Jonathan C. Werder, Corcoran, MN (US);
Ivan Osorio, Leawood, KS (US);
Naresh C. Bhavaraju, Mission, KS (US);
Thomas E. Peters, Lawrence, KS (US);
Mark G. Frei, Lawrence, KS (US);
Jonathan C. Werder, Corcoran, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method support the synchronization and calibration of a plurality of clocks in a medical device system that may provide treatment to a patient with a nervous system disorder. The plurality of clocks, which may be located at different components of the medical device system, comprises a first clock and a second clock. The second clock may be synchronized to a first clock by disabling a run mode operation and setting the second clock to a selected time. When a reference time of the first clock approximately equals the selected time, the second clock enables the run mode operation. Additionally, a drift time that is indicative of a time difference between the first clock and the second clock is determined. If the drift time is greater than a predetermined amount, an indication to resynchronize the first and second clocks is provided.