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Methods, apparatus and systems for medical device communication, control and localization

  • US 9,674,811 B2
  • Filed: 01/16/2012
  • Issued: 06/06/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for localizing medical devices, said system comprising:

  • a medical device comprising;

    a therapeutic component;

    a wireless transceiver;

    wherein said medical device is configured to deactivate said therapeutic component and said wireless transceiver during a deep sleep mode of said medical device;

    a controller configured to periodically initiate, when said medical device is in the deep sleep mode, a scan mode, in which said controller;

    a. activates said transceiver and causes said transceiver to;

    i. transmit a first wireless signal carrying an identifier associated with said medical device;

    ii. scan for a second wireless signal indicating a localization request addressed to said medical device; and

    iii. signal said controller if the second wireless signal is detected;

    b. in the event the second wireless signal is detected, cause said medical device to emit a localization signal; and

    c. in the event a wireless signal indicating a localization request addressed to said medical device is not detected within a pre-defined time period, cause said medical device to return to the deep sleep mode;

    anda computing platform comprising;

    a registry of identifiers of sought after medical devices; and

    communication circuitry for receiving the first wireless signal transmitted by said medical device and transmitting a localization request addressed to said medical device if the identifier carried by the first wireless signal matches an identifier of a sought after device in said registry.

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