SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY PREVENTING DATA TRANSFER FROM A MEDICAL DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for inhibiting recording of physiological data sensed by an implantable medical device to prevent data transfer, the method comprising:
- receiving an input to begin inhibiting the recording; and
upon receiving the input, ceasing to record the data sensed by the implantable medical device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods provide for the selective prevention of data transfer from a medical device to allow the patient to have privacy when desired. Theses systems and methods provide medical devices that can be instructed in various ways to stop recording data and/or transmitting data to external devices and systems. These systems and methods also provide external repeater devices that can also be instructed in various ways to stop recording data being received, stop forwarding data that is being or has already been received, and/or to stop soliciting data from the medical device. These systems and methods also provide for a blocking device that may be separate from the medical device and repeater to provide instruction to the medical device and/or repeater to prevent data transfer such as by stopping the recording or transmission of data. Further, the blocking device may be alternatively configured to provide a jamming signal to prevent data transmissions from being successfully communicated between the medical device and the repeater.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for inhibiting recording of physiological data sensed by an implantable medical device to prevent data transfer, the method comprising:
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receiving an input to begin inhibiting the recording; and
upon receiving the input, ceasing to record the data sensed by the implantable medical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for inhibiting communications between an implantable medical device and an external communications device to prevent data transfer therebetween, the method comprising:
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receiving at an external blocking device an external input to begin inhibiting the communications between the implantable medical device and the external communications device, the external input configured to instruct the external communications device to cease sending a solicitation for data to the implantable medical device; and
upon receiving the input, ceasing to establish data transmission to the external communications device of the data generated from the implantable medical device by sending a communication from the external blocking device to the external communications device instructing the external communications device to stop recording.
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13. An implantable medical device, comprising:
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a memory for recording data;
at least one physiological sensor that detects physiological information about a patient to produce data;
a controller configured to detect an input indicating that data recording should cease, and to cease recording data to the memory upon detecting the input. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. An implantable medical device, comprising:
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an implantable communications system that sends and receives signals;
at least one implantable physiological sensor that detects physiological information about a patient to produce data, the at least one implantable physiological sensor comprising an accelerometer; and
an implantable controller configured to detect an input at the at least one implantable physiological sensor indicating that data transmission should cease, and to cease recording data upon detecting the input, wherein the input includes a signal from the accelerometer received through the communications system resulting from taps by a patient wearing the implantable medical device.
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17. An external repeater device for communicating with an implantable medical device, comprising:
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a communications system that sends and receives signals, the signals comprising patient data received from the implantable medical device;
a memory that stores patient data received from the implantable medical device; and
a controller configured to detect an input indicating that data recording should cease, and to cease recording to the memory the data received from the implantable medical device upon detecting the input.
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