Patent ID: 9008788
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A system for configuring an implantable medical device in the presence of a disruptive energy field, the system comprising: a telemetry device that is configured to periodically transmit wireless telemetry signals in accordance with a wireless communication protocol indicating presence of a source of a disruptive energy field; and an implantable medical device that is separate from the telemetry device and is configured to receive the wireless telemetry signals from the telemetry device, transition from a first operating mode to a second operating mode that is less susceptible to undesirable operation in the disruptive energy field in response to receiving a first one of the periodic wireless telemetry signals indicating the presence of the source of the disruptive energy field, operate in the second operating mode as long as the implantable medical device continues to receive periodic wireless telemetry signals indicating the presence of the source of the disruptive energy field, and transition from the second operating mode to the first operating mode in response to not receiving any of the periodic wireless telemetry signals indicating the presence of the source of the disruptive energy field for a predetermined period of time.