Passive data collection system from a fleet of medical instruments and implantable devices
First Claim
1. A data exchange and transmission system wherein one or more external instruments communicate with each other and with one or more implantable medical devices (IMDs), the system comprising:
- at least two programmers;
at least one IMD; and
a wireless communication between said at least two programmers and said at least one IMD;
said wireless communication upon activation enabling said at least one programmer to passively collect data or transmit data between said at least two programmers and said at least one IMD.
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Abstract
A passive communication scheme between one or more external instruments communicable with one or more implanted medical devices (IMDs) provides a system to collect data from the IMDs. Further, the one or more programmers are communicable with a remote central server or a network where the collected data is stored. The one or more external instruments exchange data by passively interrogating each other and any proximate IMD or IMDs. Specifically, the external instruments may be represented by a programmer type device. The programmer is enabled to interrogate and exchange data with one or more IMDs in one or more patients when they come within telemetry or wireless communication range. Similarly, two or more programmers interrogate and exchange data with each other when placed within a telemetry or wireless communication range. Further, data collected by the programmer or programmers is transferred to a central location using network and equivalent data transmission medium.
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19 Claims
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1. A data exchange and transmission system wherein one or more external instruments communicate with each other and with one or more implantable medical devices (IMDs), the system comprising:
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at least two programmers;
at least one IMD; and
a wireless communication between said at least two programmers and said at least one IMD;
said wireless communication upon activation enabling said at least one programmer to passively collect data or transmit data between said at least two programmers and said at least one IMD. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A communication scheme between at least two programmers to passively exchange data gathered from one or more IMDs, the communication scheme comprising:
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the at least two programmers;
a wireless communication scheme; and
means for passively activating the at least two programmers to exchange the data via said wireless communication. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of gathering data from one or more IMDs, using a passive interrogation scheme implemented in at least one programmer, the method comprising:
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providing the one or more IMDs;
providing the at least one programmer, and enabling a passive wireless communication between said one or more IMDs and the at least one programmer;
wherein said at least one programmer is provided with a sleep mode power source to continuously and passively interrogate the one or more IMDs and one or more programmers within a range of said wireless communication. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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