US 11,818,654 B2
Method and device to control communications power level
Perry Li, Arcadia, CA (US); Lequan Zhang, La Crescenta, CA (US); Xing Pei, Thousand Oaks, CA (US); Jeffery Crook, Belmont, CA (US); Yongjian Wu, Saratoga, CA (US); Jun Yang, Valencia, CA (US); and Chao-Wen Young, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed by Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/177,790.
Application 18/177,790 is a continuation of application No. 17/677,920, filed on Feb. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,622,325.
Application 17/677,920 is a continuation of application No. 16/994,951, filed on Aug. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,290,954, issued on Mar. 29, 2022.
Application 16/994,951 is a continuation of application No. 16/743,109, filed on Jan. 15, 2020, granted, now 10,785,720, issued on Sep. 22, 2020.
Application 16/743,109 is a continuation of application No. 16/255,178, filed on Jan. 23, 2019, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2023/0209460 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 52/0209 (2013.01) [A61B 5/002 (2013.01); A61N 1/37223 (2013.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04Q 2209/43 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/883 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
detecting, at an implantable medical device (IMD), a signal associated with a first type of telemetry;
in response to detecting the signal, setting a communication power level, to be utilized by the IMD when utilizing a second type of telemetry, to a first power level;
utilizing the first power level to initiate a first communications session between the IMD and an external device utilizing the second type of telemetry;
during, or after completion of the first communications session, changing the first communication power level, to be utilized by the IMD, from the first power level to a second power level, the second power level being lower than the first power level.