PATIENT DEVICE FOR WIRELESS DATA COMMUNICATION WITH AN IMPLANT

• US 20080172110A1
• Filed: 11/15/2007
• Published: 07/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Biotronik SE & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Biotronik CRM Patent AG (Biotronik SE & Company KG)
• Inventors: Lang, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 8,649,867 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/60
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37235 Aspects of the external programmer
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37282 characterised by communication with experts in remote locations using a network
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A patient device (10) having a first interface (20) for the wireless transmission of data from and to an implant and having a second interface (22) for the remote data communication with a central service center and having a third interface (24) different from the first and second interfaces, the third interface (24) being implemented for connecting a programming device to the patient device (10) and the patient device (10) being implemented to relay programming data received via the third interface (24) on the part of a programming device to the first interface (20) and wirelessly transmit it to an implant.

Claims

1. A patient device (10) comprising:

a first interface (20) for the wireless transmission of data from and to an implant;

a second interface (22) for the remote data communication with a central service center; and

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a third interface (24), different from the first and second interfaces wherein said third interface (24) is implemented for connecting a programming device to said patient device (10), and wherein said patient device (10) is implemented to relay programming data received via said third interface (24) for a programming device to said first interface (20) and transmit it wirelessly to an implant.

2. The patient device according to claim 1, wherein said third interface (24) is implemented as a wired interface configured to connect with a programming device via a cable.

3. The patient device according to claim 1, wherein said third interface (24) is implemented as a wireless interface for wireless transmission from and to a programming device.

4. The patient device according to claim 3, wherein said third interface (24) comprises a Bluetooth transceiver.

5. The patient device according to claim 1 further comprising a mobile base part (12) and a mobile part (14) connected to said base part (12) via a wireless or a wired data link, which is smaller than said base part (12) and houses said first interface (20) or has an interface corresponding to said first interface (20).

6. The patient device according to claim 5, wherein said mobile part (14) is connected via a cable connection (16) to said base part (12).

7. The patient device according to claim 1 wherein said third interface (24) is connected directly to said first interface (20) in such a way that no alteration of transmitted data occurs between said third interface (24) and said first interface (20).

8. The patient device according to claim 7, wherein said third interface (24) is connected immediately to said first interface (20) in such a way that data does not experience any delay between said third interface (24) and said first interface (20) or vice versa.