Communications network for distributed sensing and therapy in biomedical applications
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1. An implantable medical device system, comprising:
- multiple medical devices implantable in a patient'"'"'s body, each device comprising a power supply for powering data communication operations, a processor for controlling device functions;
a memory storing a network rule set and one of a transmitter and a transceiver for wirelessly transmitting data, at least one of the multiple medical devices configured to perform a primary function relating to one of physiological sensing and therapy delivery;
each of the multiple medical devices having a node status comprising a power status of the power supply of the medical device and an operational workload of the medical device corresponding to a primary function of the medical device; and
a wireless mesh communication network providing multiple communication pathways between the multiple medical devices, data communications on the network controlled by the network rule set;
the multiple medical devices configured to establish the network rule set in response to the node status of each of the multiple medical devices.
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Abstract
An implantable medical device system is provided with multiple medical devices implanted in a patient'"'"'s body and a wireless mesh communication network providing multiple communication pathways between the multiple medical devices. A communication pathway between a first and a second implanted device of the multiple medical devices can comprise one or more of the other implanted multiple medical devices.
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1. An implantable medical device system, comprising:
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multiple medical devices implantable in a patient'"'"'s body, each device comprising a power supply for powering data communication operations, a processor for controlling device functions;
a memory storing a network rule set and one of a transmitter and a transceiver for wirelessly transmitting data, at least one of the multiple medical devices configured to perform a primary function relating to one of physiological sensing and therapy delivery;
each of the multiple medical devices having a node status comprising a power status of the power supply of the medical device and an operational workload of the medical device corresponding to a primary function of the medical device; anda wireless mesh communication network providing multiple communication pathways between the multiple medical devices, data communications on the network controlled by the network rule set; the multiple medical devices configured to establish the network rule set in response to the node status of each of the multiple medical devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An implantable medical device mesh communication network system, comprising:
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multiple implantable medical devices having multiple communication pathways continuously available therebetween, at least one of the multiple medical devices configured to perform a primary function relating to one of physiological sensing and therapy delivery, each of the multiple medical devices having a node status comprising a power status of a power supply of the medical device and an operational workload of the medical device corresponding to a primary function of the medical device; at least one external medical device having multiple communication pathways with the multiple implantable medical devices; a memory storing a network rule set; and a processor controlling data communications on the network system according to the network rule set and coupled to the memory and the medical devices; the processor configured to receive the node status of each of the multiple medical devices and adjust the network rule set in response to a change in a node status of the multiple implantable medical devices.
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