POWER MANAGEMENT FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE DURING RF COMMUNICATIONS
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1. A system, comprising:
- an implantable medical device;
a remote monitoring device;
telemetry equipment incorporated into the implantable medical device and the remote monitoring device that enables bidirectional wireless communication between the devices via a telemetry link;
circuitry within the remote monitoring device for;
interrogating the implantable medical device over the telemetry link by initiating a communications session and collecting data transmitted from the implantable medical device in accordance with an interrogation schedule;
receiving requests to schedule interrogations of the implantable medical device in order to collect specified data; and
, combining interrogations scheduled to occur at or near the same time into a single communications session.
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Abstract
In a patient management system, a remote monitoring device interrogates an implantable device on an intermittent basis over a wireless telemetry link, with interrogations being performed either according to a programmed schedule or upon receiving a command to do so via the user interface or the network interface. Described is a system and method for optimizing, limiting, and/or monitoring an implantable device'"'"'s telemetry usage in order to avoid premature battery depletion and/or raise an alert if excessive battery depletion is beginning to occur.
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1. A system, comprising:
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an implantable medical device;
a remote monitoring device;
telemetry equipment incorporated into the implantable medical device and the remote monitoring device that enables bidirectional wireless communication between the devices via a telemetry link;
circuitry within the remote monitoring device for;
interrogating the implantable medical device over the telemetry link by initiating a communications session and collecting data transmitted from the implantable medical device in accordance with an interrogation schedule;
receiving requests to schedule interrogations of the implantable medical device in order to collect specified data; and
,combining interrogations scheduled to occur at or near the same time into a single communications session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method by which a remote monitoring device interrogates an implantable medical device over a wireless telemetry link, comprising:
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receiving requests to schedule interrogations of the implantable medical device in order to collect specified data;
combining interrogations scheduled to occur at or near the same time into a single communications session; and
,interrogating the implantable medical device over the telemetry link by initiating a communications session and collecting data transmitted from the implantable medical device in accordance with an interrogation schedule. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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