Implantable medical device with means for telemetric transmission of data
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1. A medical device comprising:
- therapeutic means adapted for physiologically interacting with a patient;
control logic means connected to said therapeutic means for monitoring and controlling the operation of said therapeutic means, said control logic means having outputs for delivering data corresponding to a series of momentary logic states defining the operation of said control logic means;
said therapeutic means and said control logic means being contained in a housing adapted for implantation in said patient;
data acquisition means connected to said outputs of said control logic means for gaining access to data from said logic means corresponding to a logic state of said control logic means and including means for continuously transmitting said data from a location in said patient to the exterior of said patient; and
clock generator means for enabling access to said data repeatedly at successive points in time and for activating transmission of data from said logic means to said data acquisition means at said points in time.
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Abstract
A medical device adapted to be implanted in a patient includes components for detecting physiological events and/or for stimulating physiological events, and includes control logic connected to the detecting and or stimulating components, and further components for the telemetric transmission of data relating to the logical status of the control logic to and from an external receiver. The components for telemetrically transmitting data are connected to the control logic, and continuously transmit data identifying the current logical status of the control logic to the external receiver.
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1. A medical device comprising:
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therapeutic means adapted for physiologically interacting with a patient; control logic means connected to said therapeutic means for monitoring and controlling the operation of said therapeutic means, said control logic means having outputs for delivering data corresponding to a series of momentary logic states defining the operation of said control logic means; said therapeutic means and said control logic means being contained in a housing adapted for implantation in said patient; data acquisition means connected to said outputs of said control logic means for gaining access to data from said logic means corresponding to a logic state of said control logic means and including means for continuously transmitting said data from a location in said patient to the exterior of said patient; and clock generator means for enabling access to said data repeatedly at successive points in time and for activating transmission of data from said logic means to said data acquisition means at said points in time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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