Patent ID: 11938326
Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for controlling an exposure mode of therapy of an implantable medical device comprising:
determining whether a sensed heart rate of a patient exceeds a first threshold;
when the sensed heart rate does not exceed the first threshold, then selecting a pacing rate for the exposure mode that is equal to the sensed heart rate plus a first adjustment;
when the sensed heart rate does exceed the first threshold, determining that the sensed heart rate does not exceed a second threshold that is higher than the first threshold and/or a ventricular pacing percentage does not exceed a pacing percentage threshold;
when the sensed heart rate does not exceed the second threshold and/or the ventricular pacing percentage does not exceed the pacing percentage threshold, then selecting the pacing rate for the exposure mode that is equal to the sensed heart rate plus a second adjustment; and
at least one of causing an external device to provide an instruction about the exposure mode to the implantable medical device and/or causing the implantable medical device to enter the exposure mode.