Raymond E Yoder

US Patent:

20150202450, Jul 23, 2015

Filed:

Mar 27, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/670539

Inventors:

- Clarence NY, US
Raymond Lloyd Yoder - Willoughby OH, US

International Classification:

A61N 1/372

Abstract:

The present disclosure involves a method of communicating with an implantable medical device. A programmer is provided. The programmer has a plurality of diversity antennas. The diversity antennas are configured to send wireless signals to the implantable medical device. A subset of the diversity antennas is selected. A communications link is established between the programmer and the implantable medical device through the selected subset of the diversity antennas. A link quality of the communications link is measured. A different subset of the diversity antennas is selected to communicate with the implantable medical device if the link quality falls below a predetermined threshold.