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Back up controller system with updating

  • US 10,413,649 B2
  • Filed: 09/23/2015
  • Issued: 09/17/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical device system comprising:

  • a medical device configured to be carried by a patient; and

    a plurality of discrete controllers coupled to and capable of controlling operation of the medical device, each controller having an active state in which the controller is in communication with the medical device and is controlling operation of the medical device, a passive state in which the controller is not controlling operation of the medical device, and a memory for storing information, the device and the plurality of discrete controllers being constructed and arranged so that at any given time only one of the plurality of discrete controllers will be in the active state and a remainder of the plurality of discrete controllers will be in the passive state,each of the plurality of discrete controllers in the active state being configured to automatically update with information associated with the medical device and continually communicate with the remainder of plurality of discrete controllers in the passive state to update at least some of the information stored in the memories of the remainder of controllers in the passive state to match the information in the memory of the controller in the active state, without using the medical device as an intermediary in such updating;

    each of the plurality of discrete controllers including a unique identifier enabling communication with another one of the plurality of discrete controllers.

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