Implantable medical device
First Claim
1. An implantable medical device, more particularly an implantable cardiac device, such as a cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator, havinga central control unit (14) for controlling internal and external functions of the device, a memory unit comprising at least one of program memory, main memory and data memory (20, 21, 22) for the central control unit (14), and an off-the-line power supply (18) for the implantable device, wherein the memory unit (20, 21, 22) incorporates at least one non-volatile read-write memory based on an optical storage medium and holding a stored information energy-free.
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Abstract
An implantable medical device incorporates
a central control unit (14) for controlling the internal and external functions of the device,
a memory unit comprising program memory, main and/or data memory (20, 21, 22) for the central control unit (14), having at least one non-volatile read-write memory unit that is based on an optical storage medium and holds the stored information energy-free, and
an off-the-line power supply (18) for the implantable device.
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1. An implantable medical device, more particularly an implantable cardiac device, such as a cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator, having
a central control unit (14) for controlling internal and external functions of the device, a memory unit comprising at least one of program memory, main memory and data memory (20, 21, 22) for the central control unit (14), and an off-the-line power supply (18) for the implantable device, wherein the memory unit (20, 21, 22) incorporates at least one non-volatile read-write memory based on an optical storage medium and holding a stored information energy-free.
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