METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PATIENT NOTIFICATION OF PHYSIOLOGIC EVENTS AND DEVICE FUNCTION
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1. A subcutaneously implantable medical device (IMD), comprising:
- a resilient shroud member adapted to cooperatively couple to at least part of the periphery of a subcutaneously IMD; and
at least a pair of electrodes mechanically coupled to the shroud member and electrically coupled to circuitry within the IMD,wherein a small amount of electrical current is released from the at least a pair of electrodes to notify a patient of one of an operating condition of the IMD and a detected physiological parameter of the patient.
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Abstract
Apparatus and method according to the disclosure relate to a resilient shroud member mechanically and electrically coupled to an implantable medical device (IMD). The assembly is used to provide a subcutaneous cardiac activity sensing device via at least a pair of electrodes mechanically coupled to the shroud member. In the event that a patient needs to be notified for a follow-up visit to a clinic or the IMD requires attention, the electrode array signals the patient via a small electrical current passing through a surgical pocket.
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20 Claims
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1. A subcutaneously implantable medical device (IMD), comprising:
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a resilient shroud member adapted to cooperatively couple to at least part of the periphery of a subcutaneously IMD; and at least a pair of electrodes mechanically coupled to the shroud member and electrically coupled to circuitry within the IMD, wherein a small amount of electrical current is released from the at least a pair of electrodes to notify a patient of one of an operating condition of the IMD and a detected physiological parameter of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method, comprising:
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receiving a signal relating to one of a physiologic parameter of a subject and an operating condition of a subcutaneously implanted medical device (IMD); releasing a small electrical current from at least one of a pair of electrodes directly coupled to the IMD to notify the subject to address one of the physiologic parameter and an operating parameter of the IMD. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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