IDENTIFICATION OF AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE BY CORRELATING CARDIAC RELATED DATA
First Claim
1. A method of identifying an implantable medical device, which is arranged to be disposed in a body, for conducting a telemetry communication session between the implantable medical device and an external programmer device, the method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting a communication-initiating telemetry signal from said programmer device;
receiving a telemetry response at the programmer device from at least one implantable medical device, said response comprising identification information identifying said at least one implantable medical device and intracardiac data derived from a patient in which said at least one implantable medical device is arranged to be disposed;
receiving cardiac data obtained from a point on the body of a patient in which an implantable medical device is arranged to be disposed and with which the communication session is to be conducted; and
comparing the cardiac data obtained from a point on the body of a patient with the intracardiac data, wherein the device with which the communication session is to be established is identified by means of said identification information if there is correspondence between the cardiac data obtained from a point on the body and the intracardiac data.
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Abstract
In a method and system for identifying an implantable medical device (IMD), which is arranged to be disposed in a body, by conducting a telemetry communication session between the implantable medical device and an external programmer device, cardiac data are registered from a point on the body of a patient having an IMD with which a communication session is to be established. The registered cardiac data are compared with one or more sets of intracardiac data pertaining to patients having an IMD implanted and to identify the IMD with which the communication session is to be conducted by the performed comparison.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of identifying an implantable medical device, which is arranged to be disposed in a body, for conducting a telemetry communication session between the implantable medical device and an external programmer device, the method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a communication-initiating telemetry signal from said programmer device; receiving a telemetry response at the programmer device from at least one implantable medical device, said response comprising identification information identifying said at least one implantable medical device and intracardiac data derived from a patient in which said at least one implantable medical device is arranged to be disposed; receiving cardiac data obtained from a point on the body of a patient in which an implantable medical device is arranged to be disposed and with which the communication session is to be conducted; and comparing the cardiac data obtained from a point on the body of a patient with the intracardiac data, wherein the device with which the communication session is to be established is identified by means of said identification information if there is correspondence between the cardiac data obtained from a point on the body and the intracardiac data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13)
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9. A device for identifying an implantable medical device with which a telemetry communication session is to be conducted, the device comprising:
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a radio frequency transceiver; and processing circuitry configured to derive cardiac data obtained from a point on the body of a patient in which an implantable medical device is arranged to be disposed and with which the communication session is to be conducted; the transceiver being configured to transmit a communication-initiating telemetry, and to receive a telemetry response from at least one implantable medical device, said response comprising identification information identifying said at least one implantable medical device and intracardiac data derived from a patient in which said at least one implantable medical device is arranged to be disposed; and a comparator that compares the cardiac data obtained from a point on the body of a patient with the intracardiac data, the device with which the communication session is to be established being identified by said identification information if there is correspondence between the cardiac data obtained from a point on the body and the intracardiac data. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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