US 12,233,267 B2
Electrical stimulation rate modulation for communication of data values in a medical device system
Wade M. Demmer, Coon Rapids, MN (US); and Todd J. Sheldon, North Oaks, MN (US)
Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/936,977.
Application 17/936,977 is a continuation of application No. 16/786,493, filed on Feb. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,484,719.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/805,101, filed on Feb. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0036251 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/365 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/3706 (2013.01) [A61N 1/36189 (2013.01); A61N 1/36592 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device, comprising:
a control circuit configured to:
determine a value of a monitored variable; and
convert the value of the monitored variable to a plurality of modulated stimulation rate intervals; and
a pulse generator configured to deliver a plurality of electrical stimulation pulses according to a header including at least one modulated stimulation rate interval followed by the plurality of modulated stimulation rate intervals corresponding to the value of the monitored variable to cause a modulated rate of activation of an excitable tissue of a patient by the at least one modulated stimulation rate interval of the header and the plurality of modulated stimulation rate intervals corresponding to the value of the monitored variable.