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Telemetry listening window management for an implantable medical device

  • US 8,131,377 B2
  • Filed: 07/11/2007
  • Issued: 03/06/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implementable in an implantable stimulation device for enabling telemetry concurrent with provision of stimulation pulses to a patient, comprising:

  • issuing a series of successive stimulation cycles, wherein the stimulation cycles comprise a stimulation pulse and an inter-pulse period; and

    issuing a plurality of telemetry windows by periodically issuing after at least one stimulation cycle a telemetry window during which the implantable stimulation device can communicate with an external device;

    wherein the telemetry windows are interposed between successive stimulation cycles, and wherein the telemetry windows encroach upon at least a portion of an inter-pulse period of one of the successive stimulation cycles.

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