Follow-up monitoring method and system for implantable medical devices
First Claim
1. A method for communicating between an implanted medical device and a medical data processing system, the method comprising:
- broadcasting interrogation requests throughout a non-contact broadcast range;
establishing a communications link with an implanted medical device within the non-contact broadcast range;
transmitting a set of diagnostic data from the implanted device in response to a broadcast interrogation request; and
processing and reporting a transmitted set of diagnostic data at the medical data processing system for use during a patient examination.
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Abstract
A method and a system for retrieving information from an IMD so that a physician may better use the time allotted to a patient. In an example embodiment, a method for communicating between an implanted device and a medical data processing system occurs via a communications module coupled to an antenna member and to the medical data processing system. The communication module and the antenna are arranged to transmit and receive radio frequency signals within a given range or space such as in a room. The method includes broadcasting interrogation requests in the range via the communications module and antenna arrangement and establishing a communications link between the implanted device present in the range and the communications module. A set of patient diagnostic data is then transmitted from the implanted device to the communications module in response to an encoded radio frequency signal from the communications module. The set of diagnostic data is then processed and reported via the medical data processing system for use during a patient examination.
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1. A method for communicating between an implanted medical device and a medical data processing system, the method comprising:
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broadcasting interrogation requests throughout a non-contact broadcast range;
establishing a communications link with an implanted medical device within the non-contact broadcast range;
transmitting a set of diagnostic data from the implanted device in response to a broadcast interrogation request; and
processing and reporting a transmitted set of diagnostic data at the medical data processing system for use during a patient examination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for communicating between an implanted medical device and a medical data processing system within a non-contact broadcast range, the system comprising:
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means for broadcasting interrogation requests throughout the non-contact broadcast range;
means for establishing a communications link between an implanted medical device within the non-contact broadcast range;
means for transmitting a set of diagnostic patient data from the implanted medical device in response to a broadcast interrogation; and
means for processing and reporting a transmitted set of diagnostic data via the medical data processing system for use during a patient examination. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for interfacing with an implanted medical device, the system comprising:
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a data processing system generating a control signal to initiate communication with an implanted medical device in a patient; and
a transceiver unit spaced wart from but proximate to the patient and proximate to the data processing system, the transceiver unit generating a first encoded radio frequency signal in response to the data processing system control signal, the encoded radio frequency signal causing an implanted medical device that is proximate to the transceiver unit to generate and transmit a set of diagnostic data as a second encoded radio frequency signal, the transceiver unit further receiving the transmitted set of diagnostic data and sending the data to the data processing system for use during an examination of the patient, wherein communication between the transceiver unit and the implanted medical device can occur when the implanted medical device is anywhere within a telemetry zone that surrounds the whole of the patient'"'"'s body. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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