Implantable cardiac stimulation system
First Claim
1. A cardiac stimulation system comprising:
- a plurality of implantable cardiac devices, each device operating in accordance with a device specific program, each device including (a) a memory holding a plurality of device specific characteristics, and a list containing said characteristics, said characteristics uniquely defining cardiac devices of different types, (b) a transmitter for transmitting said list and (c) a receiver for receiving said device specific program; and
a device programmer remote from said devices, said device programmer including a receiver for receiving said list, and a programming member, said programming member being provided to receive said list, and generate said device specific program in accordance with said list, said programmer including a transmitter for transmitting said device specific program to a corresponding device.
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Abstract
A system for providing cardiac stimulation to a patient includes an implantable stimulation device with a microprocessor and a separate programmer. The stimulation device includes a memory holding substantially all the information necessary to program the device, including device specific information such as various modes of operations, the operational parameters associated with each mode, as well as patient specific information. All this information is transferred to the programmer for display and for generating a program. The program is than transferred back to the device for operating its microprocessor. In this manner, any programmer can be used to generate a program for any cardiac stimulation device without the need for providing specific programming information to the programmer for each specific device.
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14 Claims
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1. A cardiac stimulation system comprising:
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a plurality of implantable cardiac devices, each device operating in accordance with a device specific program, each device including (a) a memory holding a plurality of device specific characteristics, and a list containing said characteristics, said characteristics uniquely defining cardiac devices of different types, (b) a transmitter for transmitting said list and (c) a receiver for receiving said device specific program; and a device programmer remote from said devices, said device programmer including a receiver for receiving said list, and a programming member, said programming member being provided to receive said list, and generate said device specific program in accordance with said list, said programmer including a transmitter for transmitting said device specific program to a corresponding device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of programming a plurality of cardiac stimulation devices, each device including a microprocessor for operating the device in accordance with a corresponding program and a memory holding a list of specific cardiac device parameters characteristic to said device, said parameters uniquely defining cardiac devices of different types and said program being generated by a programmer, said method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting from each said device said list to said programmer; receiving said list in said programmer and generating said corresponding program for each device in accordance with the corresponding list of parameters; and transmitting said program to the corresponding devices. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A cardiac treatment system comprising:
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a plurality of implantable cardiac devices, each device including a microprocessor for operating the corresponding device in accordance with a program, a memory holding a list of specific cardiac device characteristics, said characteristics uniquely defining cardiac devices of different types, a transmitter for transmitting said list, and a receiver for receiving said program; and a generic programmer, said programmer including a receiver for receiving said lists, a program generator for generating a program for each of said devices in accordance with said lists, each program being defined by the corresponding list of cardiac device characteristics, said programmer having a transmitter for transmitting each of said programs to one of said devices.
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