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Implanted medical device telemetry using integrated microelectromechanical filtering

  • US 6,535,766 B1
  • Filed: 08/26/2000
  • Issued: 03/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable medical device operating in accordance with programming data received over a downlink communications channel established by a modulated RF transmission sent from an external programming unit, comprising:

  • an electrical stimulation therapy delivery circuit disposed within a hermetically sealed housing adapted for implantation in the body of a patient;

    a memory having programming data storage locations accessed by the electrical stimulation therapy delivery circuit;

    an RF antenna; and

    a telemetry circuit coupled to the RF antenna and having a programming data output accessed by the memory;

    said telemetry circuit including an out-of-band rejection filter comprising a microelectromechanical filter.

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