Patent ID: 11951318
Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 7:
8. A method of wirelessly recharging an implantable medical device, the method comprising:
(a) emitting a recharging signal at an antenna of a wireless recharger;
(b) collecting telemetry data at the wireless recharger corresponding to a level of charge current in the implantable medical device; and
(c) transmitting an output instruction from the wireless recharger to the implanted medical device including an instruction for a rectification mode, wherein:
the output instruction is a fullwave rectification instruction when the charge current is greater than a threshold, and;
the output instruction is a halfwave rectification instruction when the charge current is less than the threshold.