US 11,918,819 B2
Facilitating acceleration of advertising rates for medical devices
Val D. Eisele, New Brighton, MN (US); Robert M. Ecker, Lino Lakes, MN (US); David J. Peichel, Minneapolis, MN (US); William J. Plombon, Forest Lake, MN (US); and James D. Reinke, Maple Grove, MN (US)
Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/670,522.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/753,513, filed on Oct. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0129773 A1, Apr. 30, 2020
Int. Cl. A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61B 5/29 (2021.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC A61N 1/37276 (2013.01) [A61B 5/29 (2021.01); A61N 1/3956 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable device, comprising:
a plurality of electrodes;
a power source;
detection circuitry electrically coupled to the electrodes, the detection circuitry configured to detect voltage induced by an electromagnetic field at an interface between tissue of a patient and the electrodes of the implantable device;
communication circuitry configured for wireless communication according to a communication protocol; and
processing circuitry electrically coupled to the detection circuitry, the power source, and the communication circuitry, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
broadcast, via the communication circuitry, a first set of advertisements at a first advertising rate according to the communication protocol;
determine that the detection circuitry detected voltage induced by the electromagnetic field;
determine the detected voltage satisfies one or more criteria, the one or more criteria comprising the voltage including one or more predetermined frequencies, the voltage modulating between a plurality of predetermined frequencies at a predetermined rate, or the voltage modulating between a plurality of predetermined frequencies at least a predetermined number of times; and
in response to determining the detected voltage satisfies the one or more criteria, broadcast, powered by the power source and via the communication circuitry, a second set of advertisements at a second advertising rate according to the communication protocol, wherein the second advertising rate is greater than the first advertising rate.