User interface for an implantable medical device using an integrated digitizer display screen
First Claim
1. An analyzer-programmer for use with an implantable medical device, said analyzer-programmer comprising:
- circuitry for receiving information pertaining to a patient'"'"'s medical condition and an implantable medical device implanted in said patient, said circuitry for receiving information including a telemetry circuit for enabling transmissions between said analyzer-programmer and said implantable medical device;
a digitizer pen input device;
an integrated digitizer display screen unit for displaying an image representative of said information and for receiving hand-written input through use of said digitizer pen input device by direct placement of a pen tip of said digitizer pen input device on said integrated digitizer display screen unit; and
a processor circuit for selectively adjusting said displayed image and said transmissions between said analyzer-programmer and said implantable medical device in accordance with input received by said integrated digitizer display screen unit through use of said digitizer pen input device.
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for an improved user interface for communicating with implantable medical devices are described. An integrated digitizer display screen and a digitizer pen serve as the primary input devices to a tablet computer adapted to receive real-time and stored medical data. The pen is used to select programming options by tapping portions of the digitizer based on visual images on the display. Additionally, the pen may be used to manipulate the medical data through the use of gestures, or be used to enter free form annotations concerning the medical data. An additional aspect of the user interface is the use of a questionnaire card to input information into the tablet computer by tapping the pen on the marked answers on the questionnaire card.
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50 Claims
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1. An analyzer-programmer for use with an implantable medical device, said analyzer-programmer comprising:
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circuitry for receiving information pertaining to a patient'"'"'s medical condition and an implantable medical device implanted in said patient, said circuitry for receiving information including a telemetry circuit for enabling transmissions between said analyzer-programmer and said implantable medical device; a digitizer pen input device; an integrated digitizer display screen unit for displaying an image representative of said information and for receiving hand-written input through use of said digitizer pen input device by direct placement of a pen tip of said digitizer pen input device on said integrated digitizer display screen unit; and a processor circuit for selectively adjusting said displayed image and said transmissions between said analyzer-programmer and said implantable medical device in accordance with input received by said integrated digitizer display screen unit through use of said digitizer pen input device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An analyzer for facilitating analysis of information concerning an implantable medical device, said analyzer comprising:
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a digitizer pen device; a memory for storing information pertaining to a patient'"'"'s medical condition and an implantable medical device implanted in said patient; an integrated digitizer display screen unit for displaying an image representative of said information and for receiving hand-written input through use of said digitizer pen input device by direct placement of a pen tip of said digitizer pen input device on said integrated digitizer display screen unit; and a processor circuit for selectively adjusting said displayed image and said information stored in said memory in accordance with input received through use of said digitizer pen input device, said processor circuit; causing said integrated digitizer display screen unit to display a graphical representation of said stored information in a compressed format, and causing said integrated digitizer display screen unit to concurrently display a graphical representation of a first selected segment of said information stored in said memory in an expanded format, said first selected segment being selected in response to input provided to said integrated digitizer display screen unit through use of said digitizer pen input device. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method of communicating with an implantable medical device implanted in a patient, comprising the steps of:
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receiving information pertaining to a patient'"'"'s medical condition and an implantable medical device implanted in said patient, at least a portion of said received information being received through a telemetry circuit from said implantable medical device; storing said received information in a memory; displaying an image representative of said information on an integrated digitizer display screen unit; receiving hand-written input to said integrated digitizer display screen unit from a digitizer pen input device through use of said digitizer pen input device by direct placement of a pen tip of said digitizer pen input device on said integrated digitizer display screen unit; and modifying said displayed image and said stored information in accordance with input received by said integrated digitizer display screen unit through use of said digitizer pen input device. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. An analyzer-programmer for use with an implantable medical device, said analyzer-programmer comprising:
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circuitry for receiving information pertaining to a patient'"'"'s medical condition and an implantable medical device implanted in said patient, said circuitry for receiving information including a telemetry circuit for enabling transmissions between said analyzer-programmer and said implantable medical device; a digitizer pen input device; an integrated digitizer display screen unit for displaying an image representative of said information and for receiving hand-written input through use of said digitizer pen input device by direct placement of a pen tip of said digitizer pen input device on said integrated digitizer display screen unit; and a processor circuit for selectively adjusting said displayed image and said transmissions between said analyzer-programmer and said implantable medical device in accordance with input received by said integrated digitizer display screen unit through use of said digitizer pen input device; and wherein said processor circuit responds to a hand-written gesture input through use of said digitizer pen input device on said integrated digitizer display screen unit; and adjusts said displayed image and said transmissions between said analyzer-programmer and said implantable medical device in response to said gesture input to said integrated digitizer display screen unit. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50)
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