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Implantable medical device with time for therapeutic output replenishment determination and method therefore

  • US 20060149220A1
  • Filed: 04/30/2004
  • Published: 07/06/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable medical device for producing a variable therapeutic output to a patient into which said implantable medical device is adapted to be implanted, comprising:

  • a therapeutic output delivery module adapted to be coupled to said patient and to deliver said variable therapeutic output to patient, said therapeutic output delivery module requiring replenishment following delivery of a predetermined amount of said therapeutic output;

    a measure representative of an amount of said therapeutic output actually delivered to said patient; and

    a calculator responsive to said measure for determining a parameter representative of a time at which said therapeutic output delivery module of said implantable medical device should be replenished with said therapeutic substance based at least in part upon said amount obtained from said measure.

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