Method and apparatus for implementing operating changes and displaying operating change information for an implantable medical device
First Claim
1. A system for detecting and displaying information received from an implantable medical device that is capable of triggering operating changes based upon sensed conditions, said system comprising:
- means for receiving signals from the implantable medical device representative of the operating changes triggered within the implantable medical device; and
means for graphically displaying icons representative of the operating changes triggered within the implantable medical device.
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Abstract
An implantable medical device, such as a pacemaker, stores information pertaining to a variety of events detected and/or triggered by the medical device for subsequent transmission to an external programmer device. The external programmer device displays graphical representations of the information under the control of a physician operating the programmer device. Examples of information stored by the pacemaker include information pertaining to operations triggered within the pacemaker as a result of the condition of the patient, such as an auto-mode switching event automatically triggered as a result of conditions detected within the heart, or as a result of the condition of the pacemaker itself, such as a battery test operation. Still other examples of information recorded by the pacemaker include information pertaining to programmer operations triggered by a remote programmer device, such as a heart base rate programming operation triggered by an external programmer.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for detecting and displaying information received from an implantable medical device that is capable of triggering operating changes based upon sensed conditions, said system comprising:
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means for receiving signals from the implantable medical device representative of the operating changes triggered within the implantable medical device; and
means for graphically displaying icons representative of the operating changes triggered within the implantable medical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for detecting and displaying information using an implantable medical device and an external display device, said method comprising the steps of:
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sensing conditions using the implantable medical device;
triggering operating changes within the implantable medical device in response to the sensed conditions;
transmitting signals, from the implantable medical device to the external display device, representative of operating changes triggered within the implantable medical device in response to the sensed conditions;
receiving the transmitted signals at the external display device; and
graphically displaying icons on the external display device representative of the operating changes that had been triggered within the implantable medical device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for detecting and displaying information, comprising:
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an implantable medical device that is operative to trigger operating changes based upon sensed conditions and to generate corresponding signals representative of the operating changes; and
an external display device that is operative to receive the signals from the implantable medical device, wherein the external display device is further operative to process the signals and to graphically display icons representative of the operating changes. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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