Leadless fully automatic pacemaker follow-up
First Claim
1. A leadless fully automatic pacemaker follow-up (LFAPF) system including a plurality of implantable medical devices with adjustable transmission for cardiac data, the system comprising:
- a wireless transmission unit extra-corporeally dispensed having a data communications link with at least one of said plurality of implantable medical devices;
means for transmitting a signal to said at least one of said plurality of implantable medical devices to uplink and transmit the cardiac data;
means for initiating said wireless transmission unit to send said signal to said at least one of said plurality of implantable medical devices via said data communications link; and
means for transmitting cardiac data from one of said plurality of implantable medical devices to another one of said plurality of implantable medical devices.
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Abstract
A leadless fully automatic follow-up (LFAPF) device that is triggered into operation either locally or remotely is implemented extra-corporeally to access cardiac data such as ECGs stored in one or more implantable medical device (IMDs) implanted in one or more patients. A telemetry unit is used in the LFAPF to transmit and test stored data in the IMDs. The telemetry unit implements a series of adjustable commands depending on the desired level of detail of the follow-up. An alternate embodiment representing intra-corporeal use of an additional device includes cardiac data monitoring and cardioversion pulse synchronization in cooperation with another IMD such as a pacer.
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1. A leadless fully automatic pacemaker follow-up (LFAPF) system including a plurality of implantable medical devices with adjustable transmission for cardiac data, the system comprising:
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a wireless transmission unit extra-corporeally dispensed having a data communications link with at least one of said plurality of implantable medical devices;
means for transmitting a signal to said at least one of said plurality of implantable medical devices to uplink and transmit the cardiac data;
means for initiating said wireless transmission unit to send said signal to said at least one of said plurality of implantable medical devices via said data communications link; and
means for transmitting cardiac data from one of said plurality of implantable medical devices to another one of said plurality of implantable medical devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A LFAPF device including a plurality of implanted medical devices forming an arrangement for transmitting cardiac data intra-corporeally, the arrangement comprising:
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a first implanted device;
a second implanted device; and
means for transmitting cardiac data from said first implanted device to said second implanted device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for collecting and transmitting a plurality of physiological data from a memory bank of an implanted medical device (IMD) in cooperation with a leadless fully automatic pacemaker follow-up (LFAPF) unit, the method comprising:
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initiating at least one command to start the collecting method;
interrogating the memory bank of the IMD;
collecting said plurality of physiological data; and
transmitting the data to a patient'"'"'s file. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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