Medical device telemetry arbitration system using time of response
First Claim
1. A medical device communication system, comprising:
- a plurality of implantable medical devices; and
an external device being configured to transcutaneously send an identification command to at least one of said plurality of implantable medical devices;
said plurality of implantable medical devices being configured to respond to said identification command with an uplink response in one of a plurality of uplink time slots;
said external device being configured to receive said uplink response from each of said at least one of said plurality of implanted medical devices;
said external device being configured to establish transcutaneous communication to a selected one of said plurality of implanted medical devices based, at least in part, upon an order in time of which said plurality of implanted medical devices respond with said uplink response.
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Abstract
A medical system and method of establishing communication between a plurality of implantable medical devices and an external device. An identification command is sent transcutaneously to at least one of the plurality of implantable medical devices. The plurality of implantable medical devices respond to the identification command with an uplink response in one of a plurality of uplink time slots. The external device receives the uplink response from each of at least one of the plurality of implanted medical devices. The external device establishes transcutaneous communication to a selected one of the plurality of implanted medical devices based, at least in part, upon an order in time of which the plurality of implanted medical devices respond with the uplink response.
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25 Claims
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1. A medical device communication system, comprising:
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a plurality of implantable medical devices; and
an external device being configured to transcutaneously send an identification command to at least one of said plurality of implantable medical devices;
said plurality of implantable medical devices being configured to respond to said identification command with an uplink response in one of a plurality of uplink time slots;
said external device being configured to receive said uplink response from each of said at least one of said plurality of implanted medical devices;
said external device being configured to establish transcutaneous communication to a selected one of said plurality of implanted medical devices based, at least in part, upon an order in time of which said plurality of implanted medical devices respond with said uplink response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of selecting one of a plurality of implanted medical devices with which to establish transcutaneous communication from an external device associated with at least one of said plurality of medical devices, comprising the steps of:
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sending an identification command from said external device;
at least one of said plurality of implanted medical devices responding to said identification command with an uplink response in one of a plurality of uplink time slots;
receiving said uplink response from each of said at least one of said plurality of implanted medical devices with said external device;
selecting one said plurality of implanted medical devices to establish transcutaneous communication based, at least in part, on upon an order in time of which said plurality of implanted medical devices respond with said uplink response. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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