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Apparatus and method for dynamically interpreting and displaying a real-time telemetry link

  • US 5,620,472 A
  • Filed: 01/12/1995
  • Issued: 04/15/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/12/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An external monitoring apparatus having a communication channel for transmitting signals representing data between a cardiac stimulation device implanted within a human body and the external monitoring apparatus, comprising:

  • a telemetry head, connected to the external monitoring apparatus, having means for transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals, defined by a plurality of parameters, over the communication channel;

    means for measuring at least one parameter of the radio frequency signals, the measured parameter being indicative of the quality of the communication channel;

    means for evaluating the quality of the communication channel based on the value of the measured parameter; and

    means for displaying at least one graphical representation indicative of the quality to an operator.

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