×

MEDICAL ACCESSORY PROXIMITY TESTING, DETECTION, AND ALERTING SYSTEM

  • US 20140309544A1
  • Filed: 06/24/2014
  • Published: 10/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A medical device system for monitoring a condition of a patient that has an implanted medical device, the system comprising:

  • an external device comprising a transceiver, a random access memory, and a processor coupled to the transceiver and the random access memory, wherein the processor is configured to;

    periodically activate the wireless communication circuitry in an attempt to receive a plurality of proximity test signals from the implanted medical device;

    for each of the plurality of activations, determine whether a proximity signal has been received from the implanted device within a certain time after the activation, thereby generating a plurality of proximity test receipt results;

    apply a test to the plurality of proximity test receipt results to determine whether a proximity failure condition exists;

    operative when a proximity failure condition exists, take at least one of the following actions;

    store information regarding the proximity failure in the random access memory or send a proximity test failure condition notification.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×