Patent ID: 11931589
Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 20:
21. An implantable medical device comprising:
communication circuitry configured to wirelessly receive information from a second medical device;
therapy delivery circuitry configured to deliver therapy to a patient; and
processing circuitry configured to:
initiate a communication window, wherein during the communication window the implantable medical device is configured to:
turn on the communication circuitry to receive signals from the second medical device;
wirelessly receive the information from the second medical device, wherein the communication window comprises one communication window of a plurality of communication windows, wherein each communication window is defined by a communication schedule that corresponds to a transmission schedule, wherein the transmission schedule defines a plurality of transmission windows in which the second medical device is configured to transmit the information, and wherein the information comprises information indicative of a timing of a cardiac event with respect to a timing of the communication window;

turn off the communication circuitry at least between each communication window of the plurality of communication windows;
schedule delivery of a therapy according to the information; and
control the therapy delivery circuitry to deliver the therapy to the patient.