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METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MEDICAL DEVICES

  • US 20150196769A1
  • Filed: 01/08/2015
  • Published: 07/16/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2014
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of communicating between a first medical device having a first antenna and a second medical device having a second antenna, wherein the first medical device is implanted within a patient and the second medical device is proximate to the patient, and wherein the first antenna and/or the second antenna has at least three electrodes and the other antenna has at least two electrodes, the method comprising:

  • selecting a first electrode pair of the antenna that has at least three electrodes;

    at least one of sending and receiving a conducted communication signal through tissue of the patient between the first electrode pair of the antenna that has at least three electrodes and two of the electrodes of the other antenna;

    selecting a second electrode pair of the antenna that has at least three electrodes, wherein the second electrode pair is different from the first electrode pair; and

    sending a conducted communication signal through tissue of the patient between the second electrode pair of the antenna that has at least three electrodes and two electrodes of the other antenna.

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