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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Mihir Naware, San Jose, CA (US);
Cecilia Qin Xi, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mihir Naware, San Jose, CA (US);
Cecilia Qin Xi, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pacesetter, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Testing lead conditions in an implantable medical device includes continuously sampling the impedance values of a lead associated with the implantable medical device. The sampling is conducted over a predetermined period of time. An impedance histogram is then generated using the sampled impedance values by separating each measured impedance value into a specific bin assigned to contain a particular range of impedance levels. The lead condition of the tested lead can then be determined based on one or more characteristics of the impedance histogram.