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Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2012
Applicant:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

Bruce D. Gunderson, Plymouth, MN (US);

Amisha S. Patel, Apex, NC (US);

Chad A. Bounds, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Mark L. Brown, North Oaks, MN (US);

Assignee:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0456 (2006.01); A61B 5/0464 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0456 (2013.01); A61N 1/3622 (2013.01); A61N 1/3702 (2013.01); A61B 5/0464 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for identifying oversensing in implantable medical devices (IMDs), such as implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), is described. A near-field electrogram signal and a far-field electrogram signal are obtained via a near-field electrode pair and a far-field electrode pair. The near-field electrogram signal is compared to the far-field electrogram signal and a determination of whether oversensing exists is made based on the comparison. In some instances, a scheduled therapy is withheld in response to determining that oversensing exists.


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