Patent ID: 8649877

Claim:
At least partially implantable medical device comprising a unit configured to detect electromagnetic interference fields, wherein said unit comprises at least one sensor or indicator configured to detect electromagnetic interference fields and detect and identify nonphysiological signals; at least one control unit connected to the unit configured to detect electromagnetic interference fields, comprising a timer and a detection unit for electrical measured variables and a stimulation unit; at least one electrode line comprising a first end and a second end, wherein said at least one electrode line is connected at said first end to the at least one control unit and to the unit configured to detect electromagnetic interference fields, said second end opposite the first end comprises an electrode configured to be in contact with bodily tissue, and wherein said at least one electrode line is configured to extend inside a body and be situated on a surface of the least partially implantable medical device; wherein said unit configured to detect electromagnetic interference fields is further configured to evaluate the detected signals as nonphysiological signals for a first specifiable time period, and for a second specified time period, the stimulation unit is configured to be placed in an asynchronous operating state such that a wearer of the at least partially implantable medical device is asynchronously stimulated, when nonphysiological signals and electromagnetic interference fields are detected; wherein the asynchronous operating state is activated for the second specified time period whenever at least one stimulation pulse has been emitted, with simultaneous detection of nonphysiological signals, or with detection of electromagnetic interference fields or with both simultaneous detection of nonphysiological signals and with detection of electromagnetic interference fields.