DISABLING AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE
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1. An implantable medical device, comprising:
- a housing configured for implantation within a patient;
a power source within the housing;
operational circuitry within the housing that receives operational power from the power source and is configured to at least one of monitor the patient or deliver a therapy to the patient; and
a disconnection element within the housing and electrically coupled to both the power source and the operational circuitry, wherein the disconnection element is configured to decouple the power source and operational circuitry in response to reception of external energy from outside of the housing.
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Abstract
Various techniques for using a disconnection element to disable an implantable medical device (IMD) are described. The disconnection element may be responsive to energy delivered from outside of the IMD to the disconnection element within the IMD. In response to the delivery of the energy, the power source and operational circuitry of the IMD may be decoupled.
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1. An implantable medical device, comprising:
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a housing configured for implantation within a patient; a power source within the housing; operational circuitry within the housing that receives operational power from the power source and is configured to at least one of monitor the patient or deliver a therapy to the patient; and a disconnection element within the housing and electrically coupled to both the power source and the operational circuitry, wherein the disconnection element is configured to decouple the power source and operational circuitry in response to reception of external energy from outside of the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An implantable medical device, comprising:
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a housing configured for implantation within a patient; at least one of means for monitoring the patient or means for delivering a therapy to the patient within the housing; means for providing power to the at least one of the means for monitoring or means for delivering within the housing; and means within the housing for decoupling the means for providing power from the at least one of the means for monitoring or means for delivering in response to reception of external energy from outside of the housing, wherein the means for decoupling is electrically coupled to both the means for providing power and the at least one of the means for monitoring or means for delivering.
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15. A system comprising:
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a source configured to deliver energy; and an implantable medical device comprising; a housing configured for implantation within a patient; a power source within the housing ; operational circuitry within the housing that receives operational power from the power source and is configured to at least one of monitor the patient or deliver a therapy to the patient; and a disconnection element within the housing and electrically coupled to both the power source and the operational circuitry, wherein the disconnection element is configured to decouple the power source and operational circuitry in response to reception of energy from the source outside of the housing. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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attempting to communicate with an implantable medical device via an external programmer; identifying failure of the communication with the implantable medical device; and delivering energy to the implantable medical device, the energy configured to modify a disconnection element within the implantable medical device, the disconnection element electrically coupled to both a power source and operational circuitry within the implantable medical device, wherein modification of the disconnection element by the delivered energy decouples the power source and operational circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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