COMMUNICATION OF THERAPY ACTIVITY OF A FIRST IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE TO ANOTHER IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for delivering anti-tachycardia pacing therapy to a heart of a patient, the method comprising:
- delivering an anti-tachycardia pacing therapy to the heart of the patient using a first one of a plurality of implantable medical devices; and
communicating a message from the first one of the plurality of implantable medical devices to at least a second one of the plurality of implantable medical devices before and/or during delivery of the anti-tachycardia pacing therapy.
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Abstract
Cardiac activity of the heart can be sensed using, for example, one or more leadless cardiac pacemakers (LCPs) that are implanted in a close proximity to the heart. Sensing cardiac activity by the one or more leadless cardiac pacemakers (LCPs) can help the system in determining an occurrence of cardiac arrhythmia. For treatment purposes, electrical stimulation therapy, for example anti-tachyarrhythmia pacing (ATP) therapy, can be delivered by at least one of the devices of the system. Such therapy can help treat the detected cardiac arrhythmia. In some instances, one of the leadless cardiac pacemakers can instruct one or more of the other devices to assist in providing pacing therapy. In some instances, one of the leadless cardiac pacemakers can instruct one or more of the other devices to temporarily stop providing therapy or to simply shut down while another device provides therapy.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for delivering anti-tachycardia pacing therapy to a heart of a patient, the method comprising:
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delivering an anti-tachycardia pacing therapy to the heart of the patient using a first one of a plurality of implantable medical devices; and communicating a message from the first one of the plurality of implantable medical devices to at least a second one of the plurality of implantable medical devices before and/or during delivery of the anti-tachycardia pacing therapy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for delivering anti-tachycardia pacing therapy to a heart of a patient, the method comprising:
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sensing one or more cardiac signals; determining to deliver an anti-tachycardia pacing therapy based, at least in part, on the one or more sensed cardiac signals; delivering an anti-tachycardia pacing therapy to the heart of the patient using a first implantable medical device, wherein the first implantable medical device is a leadless cardiac pacemaker (LCP); communicating a message from the leadless cardiac pacemaker (LCP) to a second implantable medical device before and/or during delivery of the anti-tachycardia pacing therapy; and modifying the behavior of the second implantable medical device in response to receiving the message from the first implantable medical device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. An implantable medical device system for delivering anti-tachycardia pacing therapy to a heart of a patient, the implantable medical device system comprising:
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a first implantable medical device; a second implantable medical device communicatively coupled with the first implantable medical device; wherein the first implantable medical device is configured to deliver anti-tachycardia pacing therapy to the heart of the patient; and wherein, before or during delivery of the anti-tachycardia pacing therapy, the first implantable medical device is configured to inform the second implantable medical device of the delivery of anti-tachycardia pacing therapy to the heart of the patient by the first implantable medical device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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