Hard disk drive medical monitor with mirrored HDDs
First Claim
1. A medical monitor for implantation in the user'"'"'s body for monitoring data on biological activity and states gathered from sensors implanted in the user'"'"'s body, said medical monitor comprising:
- a primary disk drive and a secondary disk drive, wherein said secondary disk drive mirrors said primary disk drive;
an enclosure surrounding at least one of said primary and said secondary drives; and
a transmitter and receiver for producing and transmitting signals, said medical monitor being in communication with said sensors, by which information on biological activity and states is stored on said primary and secondary disk drives.
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Abstract
A medical monitor is disclosed for implantation in a human body for monitoring biological activity and states as detected by implanted sensors. The medical monitor includes a primary disk drive and a secondary disk drive, where the secondary disk drive mirrors the primary disk drive. An enclosure surrounds at least one of the primary and secondary drives. A transmitter and receiver for produces and transmits signals. The medical monitor is in communication with the sensors, by which information on biological activity and states is stored on the primary disk drive, and the secondary disk drive.
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1. A medical monitor for implantation in the user'"'"'s body for monitoring data on biological activity and states gathered from sensors implanted in the user'"'"'s body, said medical monitor comprising:
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a primary disk drive and a secondary disk drive, wherein said secondary disk drive mirrors said primary disk drive;
an enclosure surrounding at least one of said primary and said secondary drives; and
a transmitter and receiver for producing and transmitting signals, said medical monitor being in communication with said sensors, by which information on biological activity and states is stored on said primary and secondary disk drives. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for monitoring biological activity and states in the body of a user, comprising:
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a medical HDD monitor, including a primary drive and a secondary drive, wherein said secondary drive mirrors said primary drive, and a transmitter and a receiver for producing and transmitting signals in the radio frequency range;
at least one sensor for communicating data from at least one site in said body of said user to said medical HDD monitor; and
an external programming interface which communicates with said medical HDD monitor by radio frequency transmission, in order to set performance parameters of said medical HDD monitor. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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