Telemetry head programmer for implantable medical device and system and method
First Claim
1. A system for programming an implantable medical device adapted to provide a therapeutic output to a patient, said implantable medical device being programmable through a telemetry interface, comprising:
- a telemetry head adapted for transcutaneous communication with said implantable medical device through said telemetry interface when said telemetry head is positioned with respect to said implantable medical device;
a computing device having computing processing power and a user interface;
a communication link between said telemetry head and said computing device;
said telemetry head being associated with computing instructions related to programming of said implantable medical device;
wherein said computing device processes said computing instructions associated with said implantable medical device;
wherein said computing device supplies said user interface based, at least in part, on said computing instructions associated with said implantable medical device; and
wherein said telemetry head receives programming instructions from said computing device and provides said programming instructions to said implantable medical device using said transcutaneous telemetry interface.
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Abstract
System, telemetry head and method for programming an implantable medical device adapted to provide a therapeutic output to a patient, the implantable medical device being programmable through a telemetry interface. A telemetry head is adapted for transcutaneous communication with the implantable medical device through the telemetry interface when the telemetry head is positioned with respect to the implantable medical device. A computing device has computing processing power and a user interface linked with the telemetry head. The computing device processes the computing instructions associated with the implantable medical device. The computing device supplies the user interface based, at least in part, on the computing instructions associated with the implantable medical device. The telemetry head receives programming instructions from the computing device and provides the programming instructions to the implantable medical device using the transcutaneous telemetry interface.
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30 Claims
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1. A system for programming an implantable medical device adapted to provide a therapeutic output to a patient, said implantable medical device being programmable through a telemetry interface, comprising:
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a telemetry head adapted for transcutaneous communication with said implantable medical device through said telemetry interface when said telemetry head is positioned with respect to said implantable medical device;
a computing device having computing processing power and a user interface;
a communication link between said telemetry head and said computing device;
said telemetry head being associated with computing instructions related to programming of said implantable medical device;
wherein said computing device processes said computing instructions associated with said implantable medical device;
wherein said computing device supplies said user interface based, at least in part, on said computing instructions associated with said implantable medical device; and
wherein said telemetry head receives programming instructions from said computing device and provides said programming instructions to said implantable medical device using said transcutaneous telemetry interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A telemetry head adapted for programming an implantable medical device programmable through a telemetry interface, comprising:
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a telemetry interface complementary with said telemetry interface of said implantable medical device and adapted to provide transcutaneous telemetry with said implantable medical when said telemetry head is positioned with respect to said telemetry interface of said implantable medical device;
computing instructions associated with said telemetry head related to programming of said implantable medical device;
a communication link capable of communication between said telemetry head and a computing device;
wherein said telemetry head makes said computing instructions available to said computing device so that said computing device may provide a user with a user interface relative to programming of said implantable medical device and so that said computing device may compute programming instructions based, in part, upon computing instructions received from said telemetry head and, in part, on input from said user interface; and
wherein said telemetry head is adapted to receive said programming instructions from said computing device; and
wherein said telemetry head is adapted to provide said programming instructions to said implantable medical device using said transcutaneous telemetry interface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of programming an implantable medical device adapted to provide a therapeutic output to a patient, said implantable medical device being programmable through a telemetry interface, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting computing instructions related to programming of said implantable medical device from said telemetry head to a computing device having computing processing power and a user interface;
generating said user interface based, in at least in part, on said computing instructions;
creating programming instructions for said implantable medical device using said computing processing power of said computing device, said programming instructions based, in part, on said computing instructions and, in part, on input from said user interface;
transmitting said programming instructions from said computing device to said telemetry head; and
transcutaneously transferring said programming instructions from said telemetry head to said implantable medical device through said telemetry interface. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A set of computing instructions contained in a storage medium associated with a telemetry head adapted for programming an implantable medical device programmable through a telemetry interface, wherein said computing instructions:
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transmit said computing instructions related to programming of said implantable medical device from said telemetry head to a computing device having computing processing power and a user interface;
generate said user interface based, in at least in part, on said computing instructions;
create programming instructions for said implantable medical device using said computing processing power of said computing device, said programming instructions based, in part, on said computing instructions and, in part, on input from said user interface;
transmit said programming instructions from said computing device to said telemetry head; and
transcutaneously transfer said programming instructions from said telemetry head to said implantable medical device through said telemetry interface. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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