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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Todd J Sheldon, North Oaks, MN (US);
David M Steinhaus, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61N 1/365 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3712 (2013.01); A61N 1/36542 (2013.01); A61N 1/36578 (2013.01); A61N 1/36507 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implantable medical device includes an activity sensor, a pulse generator, and a control module. The control module is configured to determine an activity metric from the activity sensor signal over an activity metric interval and compare the activity metric to a loss of capture detection threshold. The control module may detect loss of capture in response to the activity metric being less than the loss of capture detection threshold and increase a pacing pulse output in response to detecting the loss of capture.