Systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable storage media facilitating telemetry with an implantable device

• US 9,913,988 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2015
• Issued: 03/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medtronic Incorporated (Medtronic Plc)
• Original Assignee: Medtronic Incorporated (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: Yoder, Matthew R., Gelfman, Daniel M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nwugo, Ojiako
• Application Number:
  US14/634,093
• Publication Number:
  US 20160250486A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,110 Days
• Field of Search: 34087007
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37217 characterised by the communication link, e.g. acoustic or tactile
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37252 Details of algorithms or data aspects of communication system, e.g. handshaking, transmitting specific data or segmenting data
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37254 Pacemaker or defibrillator security, e.g. to prevent or inhibit programming alterations by hackers or unauthorised individuals
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

Techniques for facilitating telemetry with an implantable device are provided. In one embodiment, an implantable device includes a detection component configured to detect first vibration activity generated by a mobile electronic device external to the implantable device. The first vibration activity includes one or more defined vibration behaviors. The implantable device further includes a memory that stores executable components, and a processor that executes the executable components stored in the memory. In some embodiments, an executable component includes an analysis component configured to determine whether the first vibration activity has a defined level of similarity with a first vibration pattern identifier. Another executable component can include a communication component configured to conduct a telemetry session between the implantable device and the mobile electronic device based on a determination that the first vibration activity has the defined level of similarity with the first vibration pattern identifier.

Claims

1. An implantable device, comprising:

a detection component configured to;

detect first vibration activity generated by a mobile electronic device external to the implantable device, wherein the first vibration activity comprises one or more defined vibration behaviors;

a memory that stores executable components; and

a processor that executes at least the following executable components stored in the memory;

an analysis component configured to determine whether the first vibration activity has a defined level of similarity with a first vibration pattern identifier; and

a communication component configured to establish a secure telemetry session between the implantable device and the mobile electronic device based on a determination that the first vibration activity has the defined level of similarity with the first vibration pattern identifier, wherein the secure telemetry session facilitates a defined type of wireless communication session between the implantable device and the mobile electronic device, and wherein the defined type of wireless communication session is selected from a plurality of defined types of wireless communication sessions based on the first vibration pattern identifier.

2. The implantable device of claim 1, wherein the communication component is further configured to facilitate communication of security information between the implantable device and the mobile electronic device based on the determination that the first vibration activity has the defined level of similarity with the first vibration pattern identifier.

3. The implantable device of claim 1, wherein the communication component is further configured to forgo communication with the mobile electronic device based on a determination that the first vibration activity fails to have the defined level of similarity with the first vibration pattern identifier.

4. The implantable device of claim 1, wherein the detection component comprises an accelerometer configured to detect the first vibration activity.

5. The implantable device of claim 1, wherein the detection component comprises a piezoelectric sensor configured to detect the first vibration activity.

6. The implantable device of claim 1, wherein the one or more defined vibration behaviors comprises a pattern of two or more vibrations of the mobile electronic device.

7. The implantable device of claim 6, wherein the one or more defined vibration behaviors further comprises a time period associated with the pattern of two or more vibrations of the mobile electronic device.

8. The implantable device of claim 1, wherein the mobile electronic device comprises a mobile telephone.

9. The implantable device of claim 1, wherein the mobile electronic device is communicatively coupleable to, and configured to receive information from, a server device over a network, and wherein the information is indicative of the one or more defined vibration behaviors.

10. The implantable device of claim 1, wherein the mobile electronic device is communicatively coupleable to, and configured to receive information from, a server device over a network, and wherein the information is indicative of an approval by the server device to initiate the first vibration activity by the mobile electronic device based on receipt, from the mobile electronic device, of login information for a user of the mobile electronic device.

28. The implantable device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of defined types of wireless communication sessions comprises at least one of a read only wireless communication session or a read and program wireless communication session.

11. An implantable device, comprising:

a detection component configured to detect first vibration activity generated by an electronic device external to the implantable device, wherein the first vibration activity comprises one or more defined vibration behaviors;

an analysis component configured to determine whether the first vibration activity has a defined correlation with a first vibration pattern identifier; and

a communication component configured to facilitate a first level of wireless communication of a plurality of levels of wireless communication between the electronic device and the implantable device based on a determination that the first vibration activity has the defined correlation with the first vibration pattern identifier, wherein the first level of wireless communication is based on the first vibration pattern identifier, and based on a determination of whether the first vibration activity is a first iteration of vibration activity or a second iteration of vibration activity.

12. The implantable device of claim 11, wherein the first iteration of vibration activity and the second iteration of vibration activity are associated with different vibration behaviors.

13. The implantable device of claim 11, wherein the communication component is further configured to facilitate the first level of wireless communication between the electronic device and the implantable device a determination that the first vibration activity is the first iteration of vibration activity, and wherein the first level of wireless communication comprises initiation of a telemetry session between the implantable device and the electronic device.

14. The implantable device of claim 11, wherein the communication component is further configured to facilitate a second level of wireless communication between the electronic device and the implantable device a determination that the first vibration activity is the second iteration of vibration activity, and wherein the second level of wireless communication comprises receipt of information from the electronic device configured to at least one of program or change an operation of the implantable device or an associated implantable device.

15. The implantable device of claim 14, wherein the associated implantable device comprises an implantable medical device.

16. The implantable device of claim 11, wherein the electronic device comprises a mobile telephone.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a device comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

detecting first vibration activity generated by an electronic device external to an implantable device, wherein the first vibration activity comprises one or more defined vibration behaviors;

determining whether the first vibration activity has a defined correlation with a first vibration pattern identifier; and

facilitating a first level of wireless communication associated with one of a plurality of levels of wireless communication between the electronic device and the implantable device based on determining that the first vibration activity has the defined correlation with the first vibration pattern identifier, wherein the first level of wireless communication is based on the first vibration pattern identifier, and based on determining whether the first vibration activity is a first iteration of vibration activity or a second iteration of vibration activity.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the first iteration of vibration activity and the second iteration of vibration activity are associated with different vibration behaviors.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the facilitating comprises facilitating the first level of wireless communication determining that the first vibration activity is the first iteration of vibration activity, and wherein the first level of wireless communication comprises initiation of a telemetry session between the implantable device and the electronic device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

facilitating a second level of wireless communication of the plurality of levels of wireless communication based on determining that the first vibration activity is the second iteration of vibration activity, and wherein the second level of wireless communication comprises receipt of information from the electronic device configured to at least one of program or change an operation of the implantable device or an associated implantable device.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the electronic device comprises a mobile device.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the associated implantable device comprises an implantable medical device.

23. A system, comprising:

an electronic device having one or more computer-readable instructions executable to generate first vibration activity of the electronic device, wherein the first vibration activity comprises one or more defined vibration behaviors; and

an implantable device, comprising;

a detection component configured to detect the first vibration activity generated by the electronic device based on a location of the electronic device external to and within a defined proximity of the implantable device;

an analysis component configured to determine whether the first vibration activity has a defined level of similarity with a first vibration pattern identifier; and

a communication component configured to conduct a secure telemetry session between the implantable device and the electronic device based on a determination that the first vibration activity has the defined level of similarity with the first vibration pattern identifier, wherein the secure telemetry session facilitates a defined type of wireless communication session between the implantable device and the electronic device and wherein the defined type of wireless communication session is selected from a plurality of defined types of wireless communication sessions based on the first vibration pattern identifier.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the electronic device comprises a mobile device.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the mobile device comprises a mobile telephone.

26. The system of claim 23, further comprising:

a server device configured to transmit information to the electronic device, wherein the information is indicative of the one or more computer-readable instructions to generate the first vibration activity of the electronic device.

27. The system of claim 23, wherein the plurality of defined types of wireless communication sessions comprises at least one of a read only wireless communication session or a read and program wireless communication session.