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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2008
Rajesh Gandhi, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jonathan Kelly, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Derek Bohn, Woodbury, MN (US);
Rajesh Gandhi, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jonathan Kelly, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Derek Bohn, Woodbury, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an external programming device is operable to determine and graphically display power consumption of an implantable medical device ('IMD'). In accordance with this particular embodiment, the external programming device includes a graphical user interface display and a communication interface operable to receive information from an IMD. In this embodiment, the external programming device is operable to receive IMD parameter settings and/or battery parameter values from the IMD, calculate a power consumption rate for the IMD, and then display the power consumption on the graphical user interface display using a graphical visual indicator.