Radio frequency identification and tagging for implantable medical devices and medical device systems
First Claim
1. A medical device system comprising a plurality of components, including:
- a. a plurality of radio frequency identification tags, wherein each of said tags is associated with one of the plurality of components and includes information specific to said one of the plurality of components to which said tag is associated;
b. a communications module, operatively connected to each identification tag, adapted to transmit an activation signal to each of said tags; and
c. an identification module, operatively connected to said communications module, adapted to automatically identify each of the plurality of radio frequency identification tags.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for radio frequency identification and tagging of implantable medical devices and their components are disclosed. A preferred embodiment includes tagging a device and its components with manufacturing information relating to the device and it components and with information identifying a patient using the device. The information can be automatically transmitted or extracted from the device when the device or its components come into communication range of an external programmer or other device adapted to read or sense the RFID information. Some embodiments of a system disclosed herein can also be configured as a component of an Advanced Patient Management System that helps better monitor, predict and manage chronic diseases.
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25 Claims
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1. A medical device system comprising a plurality of components, including:
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a. a plurality of radio frequency identification tags, wherein each of said tags is associated with one of the plurality of components and includes information specific to said one of the plurality of components to which said tag is associated;
b. a communications module, operatively connected to each identification tag, adapted to transmit an activation signal to each of said tags; and
c. an identification module, operatively connected to said communications module, adapted to automatically identify each of the plurality of radio frequency identification tags. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A medical device system comprised of a plurality of medical device components, further comprising:
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a. a plurality of radio frequency identification tags, wherein each of said plurality of tags is associated with one of the plurality of medical device components, and includes information specific to the associated medical device component;
b. an identification module operatively communicating with the plurality of radio frequency identification tags and adapted to identify each of the plurality of radio frequency identification tags; and
c. an communications module operatively communicating with the identification module and adapted to communicate the identified plurality of radio frequency identification tags to a system processor operatively connected to the communications module. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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