Telemetry head programmer for implantable medical device and system and method
First Claim
1. A system for programming an implantable medical device adapted to provide a therapeutic output to a patient, said implantable medical device being programmable through a telemetry interface, comprising:
- a telemetry head adapted for transcutaneous communication with said implantable medical device through said telemetry interface when said telemetry head is positioned with respect to said implantable medical device;
a computing device having computing processing power and a user interface;
said telemetry head containing computing instructions related to programming of said implantable medical device;
a communication link between said telemetry head and said computing device;
wherein said computing instructions are transmitted from said telemetry head to said computing device;
wherein said computing device processes said computing instructions received from said telemetry head;
wherein said computing device supplies said user interface based, at least in part, on said computing instructions received from said telemetry head and processed by said implantable medical device; and
wherein said telemetry head receives programming instructions from said computing device and provides said programming instructions to said implantable medical device using said transcutaneous telemetry interface.
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Abstract
System, telemetry head and method for programming an implantable medical device adapted to provide a therapeutic output to a patient, the implantable medical device being programmable through a telemetry interface. A telemetry head is adapted for transcutaneous communication with the implantable medical device through the telemetry interface when the telemetry head is positioned with respect to the implantable medical device. A computing device has computing processing power and a user interface linked with the telemetry head. The computing device processes the computing instructions associated with the implantable medical device. The computing device supplies the user interface based, at least in part, on the computing instructions associated with the implantable medical device. The telemetry head receives programming instructions from the computing device and provides the programming instructions to the implantable medical device using the transcutaneous telemetry interface.
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16 Claims
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1. A system for programming an implantable medical device adapted to provide a therapeutic output to a patient, said implantable medical device being programmable through a telemetry interface, comprising:
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a telemetry head adapted for transcutaneous communication with said implantable medical device through said telemetry interface when said telemetry head is positioned with respect to said implantable medical device; a computing device having computing processing power and a user interface; said telemetry head containing computing instructions related to programming of said implantable medical device; a communication link between said telemetry head and said computing device; wherein said computing instructions are transmitted from said telemetry head to said computing device; wherein said computing device processes said computing instructions received from said telemetry head; wherein said computing device supplies said user interface based, at least in part, on said computing instructions received from said telemetry head and processed by said implantable medical device; and wherein said telemetry head receives programming instructions from said computing device and provides said programming instructions to said implantable medical device using said transcutaneous telemetry interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A telemetry head adapted for programming an implantable medical device programmable through a telemetry interface, comprising:
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a telemetry interface complementary with said telemetry interface of said implantable medical device and adapted to provide transcutaneous telemetry with said implantable medical when said telemetry head is positioned with respect to said telemetry interface of said implantable medical device; computing instructions contained in said telemetry head related to programming of said implantable medical device; a communication link capable of communication between said telemetry head and a computing device; wherein said telemetry head supplies said computing instructions from said telemetry head to said computing device and wherein said computing device supplies a user with a user interface relative to programming of said implantable medical device based, in part, upon computing instructions received from said telemetry head and processed by said computing device and, in part, on input from said user interface; and wherein said telemetry head is configured to provide said programming instructions to said implantable medical device using said transcutaneous telemetry interface. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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