Patent ID: 11918817
Assignee: PACESETTER, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 13:
14. A method for providing an implantable leadless pacemaker (LP) with a remote follow-up capability whereby the LP can provide diagnostic information to an external device that is incapable of programming the LP, wherein the LP includes two or more implantable electrodes used to output both pacing pulses and conductive communication pulses, the method comprising:
the LP monitoring for a presence of one or more notification conditions associated with the LP and/or associated with a patient within which the LP is implanted;
the LP periodically outputting an advertisement sequence of pulses, using at least two of the two or more implantable electrodes of the LP, irrespective of whether the LP recognizes the presence of at least one said notification condition;
the LP recognizing the presence of at least one said notification condition, and based thereon, the LP also outputting a notification sequence of pulses, using at least two of the two or more implantable electrodes of the LP, within one or more notification transmission windows following the outputting of the advertisement sequence of pulses, the notification sequence of pulses encoded with diagnostic information associated with the LP and/or associated with the patient within which the LP is implanted;
wherein the advertisement sequence of pulses and the notification sequence of pulses and/or information encoded therein are capable of being received by an external device that includes or is communicatively coupled to two or more external electrodes used to receive conductive communication pulses from the LP or by another implantable medical device (IMD) that includes two or more electrodes used to receive conductive communication pulses from the LP;
the external device or other IMD monitoring for the advertisement sequence of pulses;
the external device or other IMD detecting the advertisement sequence of pulses and in response thereto the external device or other IMD monitoring for a said notification sequence of pulses within a respective notification monitor window following the said advertisement sequence of pulses that was detected by the external device or other IMD; and
the external device or other IMD not detecting a said notification sequence of pulses within the respective notification monitor window following the said advertisement sequence of pulses that was detected by the external device or other IMD, and in response thereto, the external device or other IMD storing and/or transmitting to a patient care network an indication that no notification condition was reported by the LP.