SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PHOTO-BASED PATIENT VERIFICATION FOR USE WITH IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE PROGRAMMERS
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1. A method for use by an external system equipped to communicate with implantable medical devices for implant within patients, the method comprising:
- receiving data from an implantable device implanted within a patient, including identifier data;
based on the identifier data, retrieving an image representative of the particular patient in which the device is implanted; and
displaying the retrieved image to allow visual verification that the data received by the external system corresponds to an intended patient.
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Abstract
In one example, prior to device interrogation, identifier data is received by the external system from the implanted device. Based on the identifier data, the external system retrieves a digital photograph representative of the particular patient in which the device is implanted. The system displays the retrieved image to the clinician to allow visual verification that data received corresponds to the particular patient whose device is to be interrogated.
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1. A method for use by an external system equipped to communicate with implantable medical devices for implant within patients, the method comprising:
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receiving data from an implantable device implanted within a patient, including identifier data; based on the identifier data, retrieving an image representative of the particular patient in which the device is implanted; and displaying the retrieved image to allow visual verification that the data received by the external system corresponds to an intended patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An external system for use with implantable medical devices for implant within patients, the external system comprising:
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a data input system operative to receive data from an implantable device implanted within a patient, including identifier data; an image retrieval system operative, based on the identifier data, to retrieve an image representative of the particular patient in which the device is implanted; and an image display system operative to display the retrieved image to allow visual verification that the data received by the external system corresponds to an intended patient.
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19. A method for use by an external system equipped to communicate with implantable medical devices for implant within patients, the method comprising:
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receiving data from an implantable device implanted within a patient, including an image representative of the particular patient in which the device is implanted; and displaying the received image to allow visual verification that the data received by the external system corresponds to an intended patient.
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20. An external system for use with implantable medical devices for implant within patients, the external system comprising:
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a data input system operative to receive data from an implantable device implanted within a patient, including an image representative of the particular patient in which the device is implanted; and an image display system operative to display the received image to allow visual verification that the data received by the external system corresponds to an intended patient.
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