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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Bruce D. Gunderson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Marshall S. Stanton, Orono, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/08 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01); A61N 1/37 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/08 (2013.01); A61N 1/3706 (2013.01); A61N 1/3925 (2013.01); A61N 2001/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implantable medical device capable of sensing cardiac signals and delivering cardiac electrical stimulation therapies is enabled to detect a short circuit of a medical electrical lead. A physiological signal correlated to a motion of a patient is sensed via a physiological sensor. If a lead monitoring condition is met based on the physiological signal, a cardiac signal is acquired and analyzed to detect an abnormality. The short circuit of the medical electrical lead is detected in response to detecting the abnormality.