Methods and apparatus for efficiently identifying implantable cardiac devices
First Claim
1. A method for using an implantable cardiac device programmer to identify which family of implantable cardiac device a given implantable cardiac device belongs to, comprising the steps of:
- maintaining a record in the programmer of families of implantable cardiac device with which the programmer has successfully communicated; and
identifying the family of the given implantable cardiac device with the programmer based on information contained in the record.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for identifying implantable cardiac devices are provided. Cardiac devices are classified as belonging to one of various device families, each of which may use a different communications protocol to communicate with an implantable cardiac device programmer. The family identification times anticipated for establishing a communications channel between the programmer and implantable cardiac devices in various device families are stored by the programmer. In addition, the programmer maintains a record of the implantable cardiac device families with which it has successfully communicated. The programmer identifies implantable cardiac devices based on the family identification time and record information, which reduces the amount of time necessary to complete family identification.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for using an implantable cardiac device programmer to identify which family of implantable cardiac device a given implantable cardiac device belongs to, comprising the steps of:
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maintaining a record in the programmer of families of implantable cardiac device with which the programmer has successfully communicated; and identifying the family of the given implantable cardiac device with the programmer based on information contained in the record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system in which an implantable cardiac device programmer is used to identify which family of implantable cardiac device a given implantable cardiac device belongs to, comprising:
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means for maintaining a record in the programmer of families of implantable cardiac device with which the programmer has successfully communicated; and means for identifying the family of the given implantable cardiac device with the programmer based on information contained in the record. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 11, 12)
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10. The system of 9, wherein the means for updating comprises means for updating the histogram using a weighted average.
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