Patent ID: 11925811
Assignee: PACESETTER, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 0:
1. 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 or to another implantable medical device (IMD) 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;
the LP monitoring for a programmer acknowledgement sequence of pulses within a programmer acknowledgement monitor window following each outputting by the LP of the advertisement sequence of pulses, to thereby enable the LP to determine whether an external programmer is attempting to establish a communication session with the LP;
the LP monitoring for an external device acknowledgement sequence of pulses within an external device acknowledgement monitor window; and
in response to the LP recognizing the presence of the at least one said notification condition and detecting the external device acknowledgement sequence of pulses within the external device acknowledgement monitor window, the LP 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;
wherein the notification sequence of pulses is encoded with diagnostic information associated with the LP and/or associated with the patient within which the LP is implanted.