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COMMUNICATION FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES

  • US 20130166642A1
  • Filed: 12/22/2011
  • Published: 06/27/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of communicating between an implanted device implanted in a patient and an external device external to the patient, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by the implanted device, a data block of a defined size;

    monitoring the received data block for a first flag indicating whether the data block is a first data block in a message or a subsequent data block in a multiple data block message;

    when the first flag indicates that the data block is the first data block in the message, monitoring the data block for a device ID;

    when the first flag indicates that the data block is the first data block in the message, monitoring the data block for a command token indicating the type of message that is being received;

    when the first flag indicates that the data block is the first data block in the message, storing message content from the data block to a memory of the implanted device; and

    when the first flag indicates that the data block is a subsequent data block in a multiple data block message, appending message content from the data block to message content stored in the memory from a previously received data block.

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