Multichannel communication for implantable medical device applications
First Claim
1. An implantable medical device (“
- IMD”
) configured for operation within the body of a patient, and further configured for operation with a plurality of different medical devices within a body area network corresponding to the patient, the IMD comprising;
a wireless communication module configured to support wireless telemetry communication with the plurality of different medical devices; and
a wireless telemetry antenna arrangement coupled to the wireless communication module, the wireless telemetry antenna arrangement being configured to support wireless telemetry communication with the plurality of different medical devices;
whereinthe wireless communication module and the wireless telemetry antenna arrangement being configured to establish and maintain simultaneous wireless multichannel telemetry communication with the plurality of different medical devices.
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Abstract
An implantable medical device (“IMD”) as described herein is configured to support concurrent multichannel data communication with one or more other devices within a body area network corresponding to a patient. The IMD, and possibly other devices within the body area network, can support the multichannel communication with any number of additional IMDs implanted within the body of the same patient. Moreover, one or more of the concurrent data communication channels may be a full-duplex channel. Example embodiments can be flexibly configured to support different data communication protocols and/or different modulation schemes as needed to suit the particular application or operating environment.
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16 Claims
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1. An implantable medical device (“
- IMD”
) configured for operation within the body of a patient, and further configured for operation with a plurality of different medical devices within a body area network corresponding to the patient, the IMD comprising;a wireless communication module configured to support wireless telemetry communication with the plurality of different medical devices; and a wireless telemetry antenna arrangement coupled to the wireless communication module, the wireless telemetry antenna arrangement being configured to support wireless telemetry communication with the plurality of different medical devices;
whereinthe wireless communication module and the wireless telemetry antenna arrangement being configured to establish and maintain simultaneous wireless multichannel telemetry communication with the plurality of different medical devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A medical device body area network for a patient, the body area network comprising:
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a plurality of medical devices located within close proximity of the patient; and an implantable medical device (“
IMD”
) configured for operation within the body of the patient, and configured to wirelessly communicate with the plurality of medical devices, the IMD comprising;a wireless communication module configured to support wireless telemetry communication with the plurality of medical devices; and a wireless telemetry antenna arrangement coupled to the wireless communication module, the wireless telemetry antenna arrangement being configured to support wireless telemetry communication with the plurality of medical devices;
whereinthe wireless communication module and the wireless telemetry antenna arrangement being configured to establish and maintain simultaneous wireless multichannel telemetry communication with the plurality of medical devices; and the wireless communication module and the wireless telemetry antenna arrangement being configured to maintain a first wireless telemetry communication channel with one of the plurality of medical devices using a first wireless data communication protocol, and to simultaneously maintain a second wireless telemetry communication channel with another one of the plurality of medical devices using a second wireless data communication protocol that is different than the first wireless data communication protocol. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A data communication method for an implantable medical device (“
- IMD”
) configured for operation within the body of a patient, and configured for operation with a plurality of medical devices within a body area network corresponding to the patient, the method comprising;storing device identifiers corresponding to the plurality of medical devices, each of the device identifiers being linked to respective modulation schemes and wireless data communication protocols for the plurality of medical devices; selecting, based on the device identifiers corresponding to the plurality of medical devices, one of the respective modulation schemes and one of the wireless data communication protocols for each of a plurality of wireless telemetry communication channels associated with the plurality of medical devices, the selecting step resulting in selected modulation schemes and selected wireless data communication protocols; establishing the plurality of wireless telemetry communication channels using the selected modulation schemes and the selected wireless data communication protocols; and maintaining simultaneous wireless multichannel telemetry communication with the plurality of medical devices using the plurality of wireless telemetry communication channels.
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