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

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
initiating, by an implantable medical device, a communication window;
responsive to initiating the communication window and during the communication window:
turning on, by the implantable medical device, communication circuitry of the implantable medical device to receive signals from a second medical device, and
wirelessly receiving information, via the communication circuitry, 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;

turning off, by the implantable medical device, the communication circuitry at least between each communication window of the plurality of communication windows;
scheduling, by the implantable medical device, delivery of a therapy according to the information; and
delivering, by the implantable medical device, the therapy to a patient.