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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2015
Nuvectra Corporation, Plano, TX (US);
Stephen C. Trier, Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Raymond Lloyd Yoder, Willoughby, OH (US);
Nuvectra Corporation, Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure involves a method of communicating with an implantable medical device. A programmer is provided. The programmer has a plurality of diversity antennas. The diversity antennas are configured to send wireless signals to the implantable medical device. A subset of the diversity antennas is selected. A communications link is established between the programmer and the implantable medical device through the selected subset of the diversity antennas. A link quality of the communications link is measured. A different subset of the diversity antennas is selected to communicate with the implantable medical device if the link quality falls below a predetermined threshold.