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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9955289 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2016

Systems and methods for implantable medical devices including near field communications

Applicant:

Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);

Inventors:

Franklin Liu, Porter Ranch, CA (US);

Jorge N. Amely-Velez, Simi Valley, CA (US);

Perry Li, Arcadia, CA (US);

Assignee:

PACESETTER, INC., Sylmar, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Duc M Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); A61N 1/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01); H04B 5/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/008 (2013.01); A61N 1/025 (2013.01); A61N 1/362 (2013.01); A61N 1/37229 (2013.01); A61N 1/3956 (2013.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H04B 5/0025 (2013.01); H04B 5/0062 (2013.01); H04B 5/02 (2013.01); H04M 2250/02 (2013.01); H04M 2250/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a near field communications (NFC) detector network for use in an implantable medical device. The NFC detector network includes a combined Bluetooth low energy (BLE)NFC antenna, a BLE transceiver, a BLE path electrically connecting the combined BLE/NFC antenna to the BLE transceiver and configured to communicate BLE signals received at the combined BLE/NFC antenna to the BLE transceiver, and an NFC path electrically connecting the combined BLE/NFC antenna to the BLE transceiver, the NFC path configured to generate an activation signal for the BLE transceiver based on an NFC signal received at the combined BLE/NFC antenna.

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