Patent ID: 9526909
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A61N

Claim Text:
1. An implantable cardiac rhythm system comprising: a first implantable medical device configured to monitor a patient's heart rhythm and provide shock therapy to correct the patient's heart rhythm, the first implantable medical device further configured to detect a first heart beat of the patient from a first location; a second implantable medical device configured to sense the patient's heart, the second implantable medical device configured to detect the first heart beat of the patient from a second location; and wherein the second implantable medical device, upon detecting the first heart beat, communicates an indication of the detected first heart beat to the first implantable medical device, and in response, the first implantable medical device institutes a blanking period having a blanking period duration such that a T-wave of the detected first heart beat is blanked out by the first implantable medical device so as to not be interpreted as a subsequent second heart beat.