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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Scott R. Stubbs, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Kevin G. Wika, Blaine, MN (US);
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3712 (2013.01); A61N 1/371 (2013.01); A61N 1/3718 (2013.01); A61N 1/3943 (2013.01);
Abstract
Energy delivered from an implantable medical device to stimulate tissue within a patient's body is controlled. An electrical signal used to stimulate the tissue is changed from a first energy state to a second energy state during a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. The energy delivered is maintained at the second energy state after the MRI scan. A capture threshold of the tissue is then measured, and the energy delivered to the tissue is adjusted based on the measured capture threshold of the tissue.