Multichannel Communication for Implantable Medical Device Applications
First Claim
1. An implantable medical device (“
- IMD”
) configured for operation within the body of a patient, and further configured for operation with at least one medical device within a body area network corresponding to the patient, the IMD comprising;
a communication module configured to support telemetry communication with the at least one medical device; and
a telemetry antenna arrangement coupled to the communication module, the telemetry antenna arrangement being configured to support telemetry communication with the at least one medical device;
wherein the communication module and the telemetry antenna arrangement being configured to establish and maintain simultaneous multichannel telemetry communication with the at least one medical device.
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Abstract
An implantable medical device (“IMD”) as described herein is configured to support concurrent multichannel data communication with one or more other devices within a body area network corresponding to a patient. The IMD, and possibly other devices within the body area network, can support the multichannel communication with any number of additional IMDs implanted within the body of the same patient. Moreover, one or more of the concurrent data communication channels may be a full-duplex channel. Example embodiments can be flexibly configured to support different data communication protocols and/or different modulation schemes as needed to suit the particular application or operating environment.
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20 Claims
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1. An implantable medical device (“
- IMD”
) configured for operation within the body of a patient, and further configured for operation with at least one medical device within a body area network corresponding to the patient, the IMD comprising;
a communication module configured to support telemetry communication with the at least one medical device; and
a telemetry antenna arrangement coupled to the communication module, the telemetry antenna arrangement being configured to support telemetry communication with the at least one medical device;
whereinthe communication module and the telemetry antenna arrangement being configured to establish and maintain simultaneous multichannel telemetry communication with the at least one medical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- IMD”
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12. A medical device body area network for a patient, the body area network comprising:
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at least one medical device located within close proximity of the patient; and
an implantable medical device (“
IMD”
) configured for operation within the body of the patient, and configured to communicate with the at least one medical device, the IMD comprising;
a communication module configured to support telemetry communication with the at least one medical device; and
a telemetry antenna arrangement coupled to the communication module, the telemetry antenna arrangement being configured to support telemetry communication with the at least one medical device;
whereinthe communication module and the telemetry antenna arrangement being configured to establish and maintain simultaneous multichannel telemetry communication with the at least one medical device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A data communication method for an implantable medical device (“
- IMD”
) configured for operation within the body of a patient, and configured for operation with at least one medical device within a body area network corresponding to the patient, the method comprising;
maintaining a first full-duplex telemetry communication channel between the IMD and the at least one medical device; and
simultaneously maintaining a second full-duplex telemetry communication channel between the IMD and the at least one medical device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
- IMD”
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