Implantable medical device having long-term wireless capabilities
First Claim
1. An implantable medical device for use in a patient management system, said medical device comprising:
- a sensor capable of measuring a body characteristic and generating clinical data describing said measurement; and
an implantable wireless transmitter/receiver unit capable of;
determining whether an external local transceiver is within a short-range telemetry communication range of said implantable wireless transmitter/receiver;
establishing a first communications link with a host computer using said external local transceiver, when said implantable wireless transmitter/receiver unit is within said short-range telemetry communication range of said local transceiver, to deliver said clinical data to said host computer using said first communications link; and
establishing a second communications link with said host computer over a pervasive wireless communications network, when said implantable wireless transmitter/receiver unit is not within said short-range telemetry communication range of said local transceiver to deliver said clinical data to said host computer over said second communications link.
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Abstract
A medical device is capable of utilizing a pervasive wireless communications network, such as a digital wireless telephone network, personal communication services network or pager network, to directly communicate with a host computer without the need for a repeater device. The device includes a sensor capable of measuring a body characteristic, such as temperature or electrical cardiac activity, and generates clinical data describing the measurement. The device also includes a wireless transmitter/receiver unit capable of establishing a communications link with a host computer over the long-range wireless network. The wireless transmitter/receiver unit is capable of delivering the measured clinical data to the host computer over the wireless network. The wireless transmitter/receiver unit can also periodically deliver status information regarding the operation of the implantable device to the host computer.
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11 Claims
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1. An implantable medical device for use in a patient management system, said medical device comprising:
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a sensor capable of measuring a body characteristic and generating clinical data describing said measurement; and an implantable wireless transmitter/receiver unit capable of; determining whether an external local transceiver is within a short-range telemetry communication range of said implantable wireless transmitter/receiver; establishing a first communications link with a host computer using said external local transceiver, when said implantable wireless transmitter/receiver unit is within said short-range telemetry communication range of said local transceiver, to deliver said clinical data to said host computer using said first communications link; and establishing a second communications link with said host computer over a pervasive wireless communications network, when said implantable wireless transmitter/receiver unit is not within said short-range telemetry communication range of said local transceiver to deliver said clinical data to said host computer over said second communications link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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