Implantable medical device crosstalk evaluation and mitigation
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1. A method for mitigating crosstalk from an implanted electrical stimulator, when delivering electrical stimulation from the stimulator to a nonmyocardial tissue site, the method comprising:
- adjusting the delivery of the electrical stimulation to the nonmyocardial tissue site responsive to detecting a potential cardiac arrhythmia; and
determining whether the potential arrhythmia is still detected after adjusting the electrical stimulation to the tissue site; and
modifying a stimulation parameter of the electrical stimulator responsive to the potential arrhythmia no longer being detected after adjusting the electrical stimulation to the tissue site.
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Abstract
Electrical crosstalk between two implantable medical devices or two different therapy modules of a common implantable medical device may be evaluated, and, in some examples, mitigated. In some examples, one of the implantable medical devices or therapy modules delivers electrical stimulation to a nonmyocardial tissue site or a nonvascular cardiac tissue site, and the other implantable medical device or therapy module delivers cardiac rhythm management therapy to a heart of the patient.
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1. A method for mitigating crosstalk from an implanted electrical stimulator, when delivering electrical stimulation from the stimulator to a nonmyocardial tissue site, the method comprising:
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adjusting the delivery of the electrical stimulation to the nonmyocardial tissue site responsive to detecting a potential cardiac arrhythmia; and determining whether the potential arrhythmia is still detected after adjusting the electrical stimulation to the tissue site; and modifying a stimulation parameter of the electrical stimulator responsive to the potential arrhythmia no longer being detected after adjusting the electrical stimulation to the tissue site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that cause a programmable processor of an implantable electrical stimulator to execute a method for mitigating crosstalk therefrom, when delivering electrical stimulation to a nonmyocardial tissue site, the method comprising:
- adjusting the delivery of the electrical stimulation to the nonmyocardial tissue site after detecting a potential cardiac arrhythmia;
determining whether the potential arrhythmia is still detected after adjusting the electrical stimulation to the tissue site; and
modifying a stimulation parameter of the electrical stimulator responsive to the potential arrhythmia is no longer being detected after adjusting the electrical stimulation to the tissue site. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- adjusting the delivery of the electrical stimulation to the nonmyocardial tissue site after detecting a potential cardiac arrhythmia;
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