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Method and apparatus to manage lead-related conditions for fault tolerance enhancements

  • US 8,798,751 B2
  • Filed: 06/09/2011
  • Issued: 08/05/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable medical device, comprising:

  • a housing including circuitry configured to control a medical function;

    a medical electrical lead operative to perform the medical function, the lead having;

    a distal end,a proximal end configured for coupling to the housing;

    a first conductor extending from the distal end to the proximal end of the lead;

    a sensing element electrically coupled to the first conductor at the distal end; and

    a signal stability module coupled along a length of the first conductor operative to process a physiologic signal sensed by the sensing element and to generate a lead condition signal based on the sensed physiologic signal, wherein the lead condition signal is a function of an electrical property of the first conductor and is indicative of a lead-related condition associated with the lead.

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