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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Michael J Ebert, Fridley, MN (US);
Amy Thompson-Nauman, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Nathan A Grenz, Shoreview, MN (US);
Rick D McVenes, Isanti, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3702 (2013.01); A61N 1/37247 (2013.01); A61N 1/37258 (2013.01); A61N 1/37264 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and medical device for monitoring patient medication compliance that includes a plurality of electrodes to deliver a pacing therapy and a processor configured to determine a pacing threshold in response to the delivered pacing therapy, determine whether there is a change in the pacing threshold, and determine patient medication compliance in response to the determined changes.