Human language translation of patient session information from implantable medical devices
First Claim
1. In relation to an implantable medical device (IMD), a method of providing patient session information including patient data and IMD data stored in IMD memory in a human language understandable to a user comprising the steps of:
- providing extensible mark-up language (XML) formatted patient session information in a first human language;
in response to an indication by the user, providing a human language specific stylesheet for transforming the first human language of the XML formatted patient session information into the human language understandable by the user;
applying the human language specific stylesheet to transform the XML formatted patient session information into translated patient session information in the human language understandable by the user; and
providing the translated patient session information to the user.
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Abstract
A system and method for efficiently and relatively inexpensively providing a capability of translating “Patient Session Information” comprising IMD data and patient data stored in IMD memory in one human language and optionally other patient data from other sources into another human language. The local language translation is effected by first employing an Extensible Mark-up Language (XML) converter for converting Patient Session Information from an initial format, such as a memory dump format, ASCII format, a waveform format, a numeric format, or a binary format, to an XML format, thereby providing XML formatted Patient Session Information. Then, the XML formatted Patient Session Information is subjected to transformation by a human language specific Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) stylesheet into XSL transformed Patient Session Information. The XSL stylesheet effects translation of the XML formatted Patient Session Information into a language understandable to the user in an HTML format or another XML format or another suitable format, e.g., PDF or SVG graphic image formats. The XSL transformed Patient Session Information is thereby rendered understandable to the user that selects the human language when the translated Patient Session Information is delivered as by visual display or print-out or audible presentation or storage depending upon a selection of the user. The translated Patient Session Information can be stored in the programmer memory or in the IMD memory or transferred or exported to another device or system interconnected with the programmer including a remote server accessed through the Internet.
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48 Claims
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1. In relation to an implantable medical device (IMD), a method of providing patient session information including patient data and IMD data stored in IMD memory in a human language understandable to a user comprising the steps of:
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providing extensible mark-up language (XML) formatted patient session information in a first human language;
in response to an indication by the user, providing a human language specific stylesheet for transforming the first human language of the XML formatted patient session information into the human language understandable by the user;
applying the human language specific stylesheet to transform the XML formatted patient session information into translated patient session information in the human language understandable by the user; and
providing the translated patient session information to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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17. In relation to an implantable medical device (IMD), a system providing patient session information including patient data and IMD data stored in IMD memory in a human language understandable to a user comprising:
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means for providing extensible mark-up language (XML) formatted patient session information in a first human language;
means operable in response to an indication by the user for providing a human language specific stylesheet for transforming the first human language of the XML formatted patient session information into the human language understandable by the user;
means for applying the human language specific stylesheet to transform the XML formatted patient session information into translated patient session information in the human language understandable by the user; and
means for providing the translated patient session information to the user in the language understandable by the user.
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33. In relation to an implantable medical device (IMD), a system providing patient session information including patient data and IMD data stored in IMD memory in a human language understandable to a user comprising:
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an external medical device capable of receiving and saving formatted patient session information transmitted to the external medical device from the IMD within external medical device memory and capable of transferring the patient session information to a remote location;
an extensible mark-up language (XML) converter for converting patient session information from an initial format into XML formatted patient session information;
a human language specific stylesheet for transforming the first human language of the XML formatted patient session information into the human language understandable by the user;
means for applying the human language specific stylesheet to transform the XML formatted patient session information into translated patient session information in the human language understandable by the user; and
means for providing the translated patient session information to the user in the language understandable by the user. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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