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Power management for implantable medical device during RF communications

  • US 7,769,454 B2
  • Filed: 01/12/2006
  • Issued: 08/03/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a remote monitoring device for an implantable medical device, includingan interface to a network; and

    circuitry within the remote monitoring device to;

    enable bidirectional wireless communication between the remote monitoring device and the implantable medical device via a telemetry link;

    interrogate the implantable medical device over the telemetry link by initiating a communications session and collecting data transmitted from the implantable medical device in accordance with an interrogation schedule;

    receive requests via the network interface to schedule interrogations of the implantable medical device in order to collect specified data;

    combine interrogations scheduled to occur at or near the same time, as a result of the requests, into a single communications session;

    withhold the combined interrogations until a specified time period for issuing pending requests has expired; and

    override the withholding when a number of received requests satisfies a request number threshold.

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