SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY COMMUNICATING WITH AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE
First Claim
1. An external device configured to selectively communicate with a target implantable medical device (IMD) within a vicinity of other IMDs, the external device comprising:
- a communication module configured to communicate with the target IMD;
a response analysis module configured to receive and analyze a target response signal from the target IMD and the other response signals from the other IMDs; and
a power adjustment module configured to receive one or more power-adjustment request signals from the response analysis module, wherein the power adjustment module is configured to adaptively adjust a power of a transmission request over a first frequency band based on the one or more power-adjustment request signals until the response analysis module receives only the target response signal from the target IMD, and wherein the external device is configured to communicate with the target IMD over a second frequency band after the response analysis module receives only the target response signal.
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Abstract
A system may include a target implantable medical device (IMD) and an external device configured to selectively communicate with the target IMD. The external device may include a communication module configured to communicate with the target IMD, a response analysis module configured to receive and analyze a target response signal from the target IMD and other response signals from other IMDS, and a power adjustment module configured to receive one or more power-adjustment request signals from the response analysis module. The power adjustment module is configured to adaptively adjust a power of a transmission request over a first frequency band based on the one or more power-adjustment request signals until the response analysis module receives only the target response signal from the target IMD.
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20 Claims
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1. An external device configured to selectively communicate with a target implantable medical device (IMD) within a vicinity of other IMDs, the external device comprising:
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a communication module configured to communicate with the target IMD; a response analysis module configured to receive and analyze a target response signal from the target IMD and the other response signals from the other IMDs; and a power adjustment module configured to receive one or more power-adjustment request signals from the response analysis module, wherein the power adjustment module is configured to adaptively adjust a power of a transmission request over a first frequency band based on the one or more power-adjustment request signals until the response analysis module receives only the target response signal from the target IMD, and wherein the external device is configured to communicate with the target IMD over a second frequency band after the response analysis module receives only the target response signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a target implantable medical device (IMD); and an external device configured to selectively communicate with the target IMD, the external device comprising; a communication module configured to communicate with the target IMD; a response analysis module configured to receive and analyze a target response signal from the target IMD and other response signals from other IMDS; and a power adjustment module configured to receive one or more power-adjustment request signals from the response analysis module, wherein the power adjustment module is configured to adaptively adjust a power of a transmission request over a first frequency band based on the one or more power-adjustment request signals until the response analysis module receives only the target response signal from the target IMD, and wherein the external device is configured to communicate with the target IMD over a second frequency band after the response analysis module receives only the target response signal. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of selectively communicating with a target implantable medical device (IMD) within a vicinity of other IMDs, the method comprising:
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communicating with the target IMD with a communication module; receiving a target response signal from the target IMD with a response analysis module; receiving one or more other response signals from one or more of the other IMDs with the response analysis module receive; analyzing the target response signal and the one or more other response signals with the response analysis module; and receiving one or more power-adjustment request signals from the response analysis module at a power adjustment module; adaptively adjusting a power of a transmission request over a first frequency band based on the one or more power-adjustment request signals until the response analysis module receives only the target response signal from the target IMD; and communicating with the target IMD over a second frequency band after the response analysis module receives only the target response signal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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