US 12,005,261 B2
Programming of pairing and MRI modes in an implantable medical device system
Hannah Gallovic, Sherman Oaks, CA (US); Sridhar Kothandaraman, Valencia, CA (US); John Rivera, Oxnard, CA (US); Chirag Shah, Valencia, CA (US); and Joshua Uyeda, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation, Valencia, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/447,381.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,546, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096849 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/37252 (2013.01) [A61N 1/086 (2017.08); A61N 1/37217 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling an implantable medical device (IMD), comprising:
using stimulation circuitry in the IMD to provide therapeutic stimulation to a patient at one or more electrodes of the IMD;
wirelessly receiving at the IMD a first instruction, causing the IMD to enter a protective mode, wherein in the protective mode the IMD is enabled to execute one or more protective measures to protect the IMD from a first field produced by equipment;
while in the protective mode, wirelessly receiving at the IMD a second instruction instruction, causing the IMD to enter a pairing mode, wherein the pairing mode enables the IMD to pair for communications with a first external device;
while in the protective mode and the pairing mode, wirelessly receiving at the IMD, from the first external device, a third instruction, causing the IMD and the first external device to pair for communications; and
while in the protective mode, wirelessly receiving at the IMD, from the first external device, a fourth instruction, causing the IMD to exit the protective mode and to continue providing the therapeutic stimulation.