US 12,284,699 B2
Implantable medical device and method for managing advertising and scanning schedules
Yongjian Wu, Saratoga, CA (US); Jyoti Bhayana, Milpitas, CA (US); Chao-Wen Young, Cupertino, CA (US); Tejpal Singh, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US); and Samir Shah, Valencia, CA (US)
Assigned to Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed by Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/521,759.
Application 16/838,719 is a division of application No. 15/707,862, filed on Sep. 18, 2017, granted, now 10,639,482, issued on May 5, 2020.
Application 18/521,759 is a continuation of application No. 17/972,728, filed on Oct. 25, 2022, granted, now 11,871,463.
Application 17/972,728 is a continuation of application No. 16/838,719, filed on Apr. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,516,860, issued on Nov. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/396,655, filed on Sep. 19, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0098818 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 76/14 (2018.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/39 (2006.01); H04W 4/23 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/14 (2018.02) [A61N 1/37223 (2013.01); A61N 1/37252 (2013.01); A61N 1/3956 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing communications between an external instrument (EI) and an implantable medical device (IMD) in accordance with a communications protocol having a base scanning schedule that defines scanning windows over a scanning state, the method comprising:
entering the scanning state, for at least one of the IMD or the EI, during which a receiver scans for advertisement notices during the scanning windows;
automatically restarting the scanning state to form a pseudo-scanning schedule that differs from the base scanning schedule, wherein the base scanning schedule and the pseudo-scanning schedule are asynchronous with respect to advertising operations; and
establishing a communication session between the IMD and the EI.