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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESETTING AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE

  • US 20130096648A1
  • Filed: 08/23/2012
  • Published: 04/18/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating an implantable medical device, comprising:

  • (i) operating reset logic within the implantable medical device that is independently operable from a processor of the implantable medical device after the implantable medical device is implanted within a patient, wherein the processor is adapted for central control of the implantable medical device;

    (ii) operating a magnetic field sensor in the implantable medical device;

    (iii) generating digital data using, at least, the magnetic field sensor;

    (iv) detecting, by the reset logic, a digital key in the digital data;

    (v) in response to (iv), asserting a reset signal on a pin of the processor by the reset logic; and

    (vi) conducting reset operations in the processor in response to the reset signal.

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