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System and method of communicating between an implantable medical device and a remote computer system or health care provider

  • US 6,804,558 B2
  • Filed: 01/18/2001
  • Issued: 10/12/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for remotely delivering patient requested medical services to an implantable medical device over a communications system, comprising:

  • establishing communications between an implantable medical device and a health care provider remote from the implantable medical device;

    requesting medical services by a patient and initiating upload of data from the implantable medical device;

    uploading data from a communications module in the implantable medical device;

    analyzing data that have been uploaded from the communications module by a remote system;

    diagnosing the patient by a remote system coupled to a health care provider;

    determining an appropriate remedial response by the health care provider based on the diagnosis;

    executing a medical response that was determined to be appropriate by the health care provider;

    confirming that the remedial response has been successfully executed in the implantable medical device; and

    generating an invoice by the health care provider for the executed medical response.

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