COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE

• US 20110230734A1
• Filed: 05/31/2011
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eric S. Fain, Ronald R. Rios
• Original Assignee: Eric S. Fain, Ronald R. Rios
• Inventors: Fain, Eric S., Rios, Ronald R.
• Granted Patent: US 8,798,762 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/302
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0015 characterised by features of the telemetry system
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37211 Means for communicating with stimulators

Abstract

A communication device for an implantable medical device may include: an input/output interface configured to communicate with a wireless communication device; a communication interface configured to communicate with a remote system; and a processor configured to perform an analysis of data received from the wireless communication device via the input/output interface and associated with the implantable medical device. The communication device may include a user interface configured to receive data input by a user. A communication system may include a wireless communication device and the aforementioned communication device. A communication method for an implantable medical device may include: providing a communication device that is configured to communicate with a wireless communication device, to communicate with a remote system and to perform an analysis of data; communicating data associated with an implantable medical device from a wireless device to the communication device; and analyzing the received data at the communication device.

Claims

1. A communication device for an implantable medical device, the communication device comprising:

an input/output interface configured to communicate with a wireless communication device;

a communication interface configured to communicate with a remote system; and

a processor configured to perform an analysis of data received from the wireless communication device via the input/output interface and associated with the implantable medical device.

2. The communication device of claim 1 wherein the analysis the processor is configured to perform identifies at least one of left atrial pressure, pulmonary embolism, cardiogenic impedence and cardiac ischemia.

3. The communication device of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to provide a communication to at least one of the wireless communication device, the remote system and a user of the communication device based on a result of the analysis.

4. The communication device of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to provide an adjustment of at least one operating parameter to the implantable medical device based on a result of the analysis.

5. The communication device of claim 1 wherein the processor is configured to send at least one of data received from the wireless communication device, the analysis of the data received from the wireless communication device and a result of the analysis via the communication interface non-wirelessly.

6. The communication device of claim 1 wherein the processor is configured to send data received from the remote system via the communication interface to the wireless communication device via the input/output interface.

7. The communication device of claim 6, wherein the data received from the remote system and sent to the wireless communication device comprises an adjustment of at least one operating parameter of the implantable medical device.

8. A communication device for an implantable medical device, the communication device comprising:

an input/output interface configured to communicate with a wireless communication device;

a communication interface configured to communicate with a remote system;

a user interface configured to receive data input by a user; and

a processor configured to communicate data received from the wireless communication device via the input/output interface and data received from the user interface to the remote system.

9. The communication device of claim 8, wherein the user interface comprises a touch screen.

10. The communication device of claim 8, further comprising a processor configured to perform an analysis of data received from the wireless communication device via the input/output interface and associated with the implantable medical device.

11. The communication device of claim 10, wherein the user interface is configured to provide an output to the user based on a result of the analysis.