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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
ShaileshKumar V. Musley, Blaine, MN (US);
Bruce D. Gunderson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Walter H. Olson, North Oaks, MN (US);
Jennifer P. Miller, Elk River, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A technique for identifying lead-related conditions, such as insulation breaches and/or externalization of lead conductors, includes analyzing characteristics of electrical signals generated on one or more electrode sensing vectors of the lead by a test signal to determine whether a lead-related condition exists. The characteristics of the electrical signals induced on the lead by the test signal may be significantly different on a lead having an insulation breach or externalized conductor than on a lead not having such lead-related conditions. As such, the implantable medical device may be subject to a known test signal and analyze the signals on the lead to detect lead-related conditions.