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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2015
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Jason J. Hamann, Blaine, MN (US);
Scott Vanderlinde, Plymouth, MN (US);
David J. Ternes, Roseville, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An implantable medical device is powered by a battery to deliver one or more therapies including at least one non-life-sustaining therapy such as neural stimulation for enhancing quality of life of a patient. When the battery approaches its end of life, the implantable medical device reduces power consumption of the neural stimulation (e.g., intensity of the neural stimulation) for extending the remaining battery life while maintaining a certain amount of therapeutic benefits for the patient. In one embodiment, the intensity of the neural stimulation is reduced in a tiered manner. In one embodiment in which the implantable medical device also delivers at least one life-sustaining cardiac stimulation therapy, the neural stimulation is disabled or adjusted to reduce its power consumption (e.g., intensity) while the intensity of the cardiac stimulation therapy is maintained when the battery is near its end of life.