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Automatic pacing configuration switcher

  • US 9,295,843 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2013
  • Issued: 03/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • an implantable electronics unit, the implantable electronics unit including;

    an electrostimulation circuit, configured to provide a first electrostimulation to a target tissue using a first electrostimulation energy and a first electrode configuration selected from multiple electrode configurations;

    a communication circuit, configured to communicate with an external device to receive an input indicating a degree of patient discomfort produced by unintended stimulation of a non-target tissue different from the target tissue by the first electrostimulation delivered using the first electrostimulation energy and the first electrode configuration; and

    a controller circuit, coupled to the electrostimulation circuit and the communication circuit, the controller circuit comprising a stimulation detector circuit configured to detect the unintended stimulation of the non-target tissue, wherein the controller circuit is configured to use information about the degree of patient discomfort to provide a second electrostimulation using at least one of a second electrostimulation energy that is different from the first electrostimulation energy or a second electrostimulation configuration that is different from the first electrostimulation configuration.

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