Patent ID: 7359752
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: A61B,A61N,G16H

Abstract:
1. A test assembly for an implantable medical device that senses the function of an organ of a patient when implanted and provides stimulation therapy to the organ in response to the sensed function, the test assembly comprising: a patient simulator that provides output signals to an implantable medical device wherein the output signals are configured to simulate conditions of the patient requiring the delivery of therapy to the organ of the patient and wherein the patient simulator further includes a measurement component that captures signals indicative of the response of the implantable medical device in response to the output signals for subsequent evaluation of the implantable medical device; wherein the patient simulator includes a configurable load component such that a plurality of different loads can be coupled to the implantable medical device wherein each of the loads simulate the actual load seen by the implantable medical device following implantation when delivering stimulation therapy to the patient; wherein the patient simulator further includes a measurement component that provides an indication of the power delivered to the configurable load by the implantable medical device; and wherein the measurement component comprises an LCD that receives power from the configurable load as a result of the stimulation therapy being delivered to the configurable load by the implantable medical device and wherein the LCD illuminates at an intensity proportional to the power delivered to configurable load so as to provide a visual indication of the power of the stimulation therapy delivered by the implantable medical device.