Remote control and interaction with implanted devices
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1. A method for interaction with a medical device that is implanted in a body of a patient, the method comprising:
- detecting, using an inertial sensor, an arcuate motion of a wireless communication device at a velocity in the range of 20-200 cm/sec, with abrupt deceleration terminating in physical contact between the wireless communication device and the body;
in response to the detected arcuate motion, actuating a wireless communication link between the wireless communication device and a transmitter in the implanted medical device; and
receiving in the wireless communication device data transmitted over the wireless communication link by the transmitter,wherein the inertial sensor is adapted to actuate the wireless communication only in response to an arcuate motion of a wireless communication device at a velocity in the range of 20-200 cm/sec,wherein abrupt deceleration occurs when the velocity of the wireless communication device decreases from at least 20 cm/sec to zero in 100 ms or less.
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Abstract
A method for interaction with a medical device that is implanted in a body of a patient. The method includes detecting, using an inertial sensor, an arcuate motion of a wireless communication device terminating in physical contact between the wireless communication device and the body. In response to the detected arcuate motion, a wireless communication link is actuated between the wireless communication device and a transmitter in the implanted medical device. The wireless communication device data receives transmitted over the wireless communication link by the transmitter.
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1. A method for interaction with a medical device that is implanted in a body of a patient, the method comprising:
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detecting, using an inertial sensor, an arcuate motion of a wireless communication device at a velocity in the range of 20-200 cm/sec, with abrupt deceleration terminating in physical contact between the wireless communication device and the body; in response to the detected arcuate motion, actuating a wireless communication link between the wireless communication device and a transmitter in the implanted medical device; and receiving in the wireless communication device data transmitted over the wireless communication link by the transmitter, wherein the inertial sensor is adapted to actuate the wireless communication only in response to an arcuate motion of a wireless communication device at a velocity in the range of 20-200 cm/sec, wherein abrupt deceleration occurs when the velocity of the wireless communication device decreases from at least 20 cm/sec to zero in 100 ms or less. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer software product for interaction with a medical device that is implanted in a body of a patient, the product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium in which program instructions are stored, which instructions, when read by a processor in a wireless communication device that includes an inertial sensor, cause the processor to detect, using the inertial sensor, an arcuate motion of the wireless communication device at a velocity in the range of 20-200 cm/sec, with abrupt deceleration terminating in physical contact between the wireless communication device and the body, and to actuate, in response to the detected arcuate motion, a wireless communication link between the wireless communication device and a transmitter in the implanted medical device, and to receive data transmitted over the wireless communication link by the transmitter,
wherein the inertial sensor is adapted to actuate the wireless communication only in response to an arcuate motion of a wireless communication device at a velocity in the range of 20-200 cm/sec, wherein abrupt deceleration occurs when the velocity of the wireless communication device decreases from at least 20 cm/sec to zero in 100 ms or less.
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13. A wireless communication device for interaction with a medical device that is implanted in a body of a patient, the wireless communication device comprising:
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a wireless communication interface;
an inertial sensor; and
a processor, which is configured to detect, using the inertial sensor, an arcuate motion of the wireless communication device at a velocity in the range of 20-200 cm/sec, with abrupt deceleration terminating in physical contact between the wireless communication device and the body, and to actuate, in response to the detected arcuate motion, the wireless communication interface to communicate with a transmitter in the implanted medical device, and to receive via the wireless communication interface data transmitted by the transmitter,wherein the inertial sensor is adapted to actuate the wireless communication only in response to an arcuate motion of a wireless communication device at a velocity in the range of 20-200 cm/sec, wherein abrupt deceleration occurs when the velocity of the wireless communication device decreases from at least 20 cm/sec to zero in 100 ms or less. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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