MULTIPLE BAND COMMUNICATIONS FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE

摘要

In some embodiments, a medical device system may include one or more of the following features: (a) an external medical device (EMD), (b) an implantable medical device (IMD) disposed within a hermetically sealed housing adapted for implantation in the body of a patient to provide a therapy delivery and/or monitoring function, (c) two or more transmitters disposed within the EMD, the two or more transmitters uplinking telemetry transmissions generated by the EMD, (d) two or more receivers disposed within the IMD, the two or more receivers downlinking the telemetry transmissions, and (e) the IMD processing the telemetry transmission received by a selected one of the two or more receivers, the selection being based on which receiver is receiving the best quality signal transmission reception.