Implantable medical device and mobile wireless modem
First Claim
1. An electronic implant configured to detect at least one technical or physiological patient parameter, the electronic implant including:
- a. a mobile wireless antenna;
b. a mobile wireless modem connected to the mobile wireless antenna, the mobile wireless modem having low power consumption and low maximum transmission power;
c. a mobile wireless field strength measuring unit connected to at least one of;
(1) the mobile wireless antenna, and(2) a secondary antenna;
d. a secondary field strength detector;
e. a control unit connected to the mobile wireless field strength measuring unit and the mobile wireless modem, the control unit being;
(1) configured to activate the mobile wireless field strength measuring unit when the secondary field strength detector indicates a threshold field strength, and(2) configured to;
(a) trigger access by the mobile wireless modem to a mobile wireless network, and(b) transmit data content over the mobile wireless network, in dependence on;
i. a field strength measured by the mobile wireless field strength measuring unit, wherein access to the mobile wireless network is triggered when the measured field strength meets or exceeds a minimum transmission success threshold, andii. the urgency of the data content to be transmitted over the mobile wireless network, wherein data content of greater urgency is transmitted at or below the minimum transmission success threshold.
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Abstract
An electronic implant is designed to detect at least one technical or physiological patient parameter, and has an exhaustible power source. The electronic implant also has an integrated mobile wireless antenna, a low-current mobile wireless modem with a low maximum transmission power, a low-current mobile wireless field-strength-measuring unit, and a control unit connected to the field-strength-measuring unit and to the mobile wireless modem. The control unit triggers access to a mobile wireless network as a function of the transmission power needed for data transmission by the low-current mobile wireless modem, taking into account a mobile wireless field strength value determined by the field-strength-measuring unit, and also taking into account the urgency of the data content to be transmitted. Network access only occurs when the needed transmission power does not exceed a specific maximum value for the particular urgency.
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Citations
18 Claims
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1. An electronic implant configured to detect at least one technical or physiological patient parameter, the electronic implant including:
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a. a mobile wireless antenna; b. a mobile wireless modem connected to the mobile wireless antenna, the mobile wireless modem having low power consumption and low maximum transmission power; c. a mobile wireless field strength measuring unit connected to at least one of; (1) the mobile wireless antenna, and (2) a secondary antenna; d. a secondary field strength detector; e. a control unit connected to the mobile wireless field strength measuring unit and the mobile wireless modem, the control unit being; (1) configured to activate the mobile wireless field strength measuring unit when the secondary field strength detector indicates a threshold field strength, and (2) configured to; (a) trigger access by the mobile wireless modem to a mobile wireless network, and (b) transmit data content over the mobile wireless network, in dependence on; i. a field strength measured by the mobile wireless field strength measuring unit, wherein access to the mobile wireless network is triggered when the measured field strength meets or exceeds a minimum transmission success threshold, and ii. the urgency of the data content to be transmitted over the mobile wireless network, wherein data content of greater urgency is transmitted at or below the minimum transmission success threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic implant including:
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a. a diagnostic/therapeutic unit configured to obtain patient data relating to one or more physiological patient parameters; b. an antenna; c. a mobile wireless modem in communication with the antenna; d. a mobile wireless field strength measuring unit; e. a secondary field strength detector; and f. a control unit configured to; (1) activate the mobile wireless field strength measuring unit when the secondary field strength detector indicates a threshold field strength; and (2) attempt transmission of data content over a mobile wireless network via the mobile wireless modem, wherein; (a) the data content is dependent on the patient data, and (b) a transmission attempt by the control unit is dependent on; (i) a field strength measured by the mobile wireless field strength measuring unit, wherein the transmission attempt occurs when the measured field strength meets or exceeds a minimum transmission success threshold, and (ii) an urgency rating of the data content to be transmitted over the mobile wireless network, wherein the transmission attempt occurs;
A. when data content has greater urgency, and
B. regardless of the measured field strength. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. An electronic implant including:
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a. a diagnostic/therapeutic unit configured to obtain patient data relating to one or more physiological patient parameters; b. an antenna; c. a mobile wireless modem in communication with the antenna; d. a mobile wireless field strength measuring unit; e. a secondary field strength detector; f. a control unit configured to; (1) activate the mobile wireless field strength measuring unit when the secondary field strength detector indicates a threshold field strength; and (2) attempt transmission of data content over a mobile wireless network via the mobile wireless modem, the data content being dependent on the patient data; g. a statistics unit included within, or in communication with, the control unit, the statistics unit being configured to generate and record access success statistics for prior transmission attempts by the mobile wireless modem, the access success statistics including; (1) the times of the prior transmission attempts by the mobile wireless modem; (2) the field strengths measured by the mobile wireless field strength measuring unit at the times of the prior transmission attempts; and (3) whether the prior transmission attempts successfully resulted in transmission of data content over the mobile wireless network; wherein a present transmission attempt by the control unit is dependent on whether the field strength measured by the mobile wireless field strength measuring unit corresponds to successful transmission of data content in the prior transmission attempts. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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