Virtual remote monitor, alert, diagnostics and programming for implantable medical device systems
First Claim
1. A method of providing programming information to at least one implantable medical device located within a patient, the method comprising:
- initiating an interface between the implantable medical device and an expert data center comprising a virtual electrophysiologist module (VEM), a chronic monitoring module (CMM) and a prescription program module (PPM) positioned in the data center located at a separate corporate headquarters or manufacturing plant location that is remote relative to the implantable medical device;
transmitting device information regarding the at least one implantable medical device from the implantable medical device to the data center;
transmitting patient information from the implantable medical device to the data center;
analyzing the device information and the patient information;
performing a diagnostic routine utilizing the device information and the patient information;
suggesting an optimum therapeutic device setting; and
transmitting the optimum therapeutic device settings from the data center to the implantable medical device based on the performed diagnostic routine.
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Abstract
A plurality of co-operative and complementary software programs are implemented in a web-enabled high speed computer system to remotely monitor, manage and modify the operational and functional parameters of a plurality of implanted medical devices (IMDs). The system utilizes virtual electrophysiologist module (VEM), chronic monitoring module (CMM) and prescription program module (PPM) programs to effect specific therapeutic and diagnostic methods for managing the IMDs, remotely on a conditions and real-time basis. The modules enable remote and continuous monitoring, management and maintenance of the IMDs by identifying critical medical events, determining optimal clinical settings and upgrading performance parameters based on prescriptive data. The modules are implemented in a data center having high-speed computers operating in a web-enabled environment. The modules and the IMDs communicate through wireless communications system via a programmer or an interface medical unit (IMD).
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7 Claims
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1. A method of providing programming information to at least one implantable medical device located within a patient, the method comprising:
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initiating an interface between the implantable medical device and an expert data center comprising a virtual electrophysiologist module (VEM), a chronic monitoring module (CMM) and a prescription program module (PPM) positioned in the data center located at a separate corporate headquarters or manufacturing plant location that is remote relative to the implantable medical device; transmitting device information regarding the at least one implantable medical device from the implantable medical device to the data center; transmitting patient information from the implantable medical device to the data center; analyzing the device information and the patient information; performing a diagnostic routine utilizing the device information and the patient information; suggesting an optimum therapeutic device setting; and transmitting the optimum therapeutic device settings from the data center to the implantable medical device based on the performed diagnostic routine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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