Method of data transmission in implant monitoring
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring patients with at least one electromedical implant, provided with a first transmitting/receiving device and at least one associated external apparatus provided with a second transmitting/receiving device, the method comprising:
- making at least one first data transmission between the first and second transmitting/receiving devices wherein at least first data are transmitted from the implant to the external apparatus; and
making at least one second data transmission of the at least one data between the external apparatus and at least one central storage arrangement for the storage of the at least first data transmitted from the implant to the external apparatus, and making the second data transmission by means of a telecommunication connection between the external apparatus and the central storage arrangement at least in part by way of a mobile radio network, with the at least first data being transmitted to the central storage arrangement by the mobile radio network in at least one Short Message String (SM-string), sending a time signature of a SM-String by way of the telecommunication connection to the external apparatus, and time synchronizing the external apparatus with said time signature.
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Abstract
A method of monitoring patients with at least one electromedical implant, in which at least one first data transmission is effected between the implant provided with a first transmitting/receiving device and at least one external apparatus provided with a second transmitting/receiving device. At least first data are transmitted from the implant to the external apparatus and at least one second data transmission is effected between the external apparatus and at least one central storage arrangement for the storage of first data, by a telecommunication connection which is at least partially made by way of a mobile radio network. The transmission at least of the first data to the central storage arrangement is effected by way of the portion, formed by the mobile radio network, of the telecommunication connection in the form of at least one SM-string (Short Message String).
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16 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring patients with at least one electromedical implant, provided with a first transmitting/receiving device and at least one associated external apparatus provided with a second transmitting/receiving device, the method comprising:
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making at least one first data transmission between the first and second transmitting/receiving devices wherein at least first data are transmitted from the implant to the external apparatus; and
making at least one second data transmission of the at least one data between the external apparatus and at least one central storage arrangement for the storage of the at least first data transmitted from the implant to the external apparatus, and making the second data transmission by means of a telecommunication connection between the external apparatus and the central storage arrangement at least in part by way of a mobile radio network, with the at least first data being transmitted to the central storage arrangement by the mobile radio network in at least one Short Message String (SM-string), sending a time signature of a SM-String by way of the telecommunication connection to the external apparatus, and time synchronizing the external apparatus with said time signature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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- 13. A monitoring system for patients having at least one electromedical implant, comprising at least one implant having a first transmitting/receiving device which transmits first data, at least one external apparatus with a second transmitting/receiving device, wherein the external apparatus is connected to the implant for data transmission by way of the first and second transmitting/receiving devices, a telecommunication connection which is at least partially formed by a mobile radio network for transmitting data, and at least one central storage arrangement for the storage of the first data transmitted from the implant to the external apparatus and transmitted by the telecommunication connection from the external apparatus to the central storage arrangement, wherein the external apparatus transmits the first data to the central storage arrangement by the mobile radio network, in at least one Short Message String (SM-String), and wherein the central storage arrangement sends a SM-string comprising a time signature by the telecommunication connection to the external apparatus, wherein the external apparatus uses said time signature for time synchronization of the external apparatus.
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