Communications network for distributed sensing and therapy in biomedical applications
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1. An implantable medical device system, comprising:
- multiple implantable medical devices, each of the 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;
means for providing a wireless communication network between the multiple medical devices via multiple communication pathways;
means for receiving an adjusted network rule set; and
means for automatically configuring the network wherein the configuring means comprises means for assigning network tasks to the multiple medical devices in response to the node status of each of the 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 implantable medical devices, each of the 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; means for providing a wireless communication network between the multiple medical devices via multiple communication pathways; means for receiving an adjusted network rule set; and means for automatically configuring the network wherein the configuring means comprises means for assigning network tasks to the multiple medical devices in response to the node status of each of the medical devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An implantable medical device system, comprising:
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a plurality of implantable medical devices, each of the medical devices having a node status derived from a power status of a power supply of the medical device and an operational workload of the medical device associated with a primary function of the medical device; means for providing a wireless communication network between the multiple medical devices via multiple communication pathways; means for receiving an adjusted network rule set; means for evaluating the node status of each of the medical devices to determine one of;
a change in a network rule set, introduction of a new device in the network, removal of an existing device from the network, a change in the primary operating status of a network member, a change in the power status of one of the plurality of implantable medical devices, and a change in a patient status; andmeans for automatically configuring the network including the plurality of implantable medical devices in response to a result of the evaluation by the means for evaluating the node status, wherein the automatic configuration includes assigning roles to individual ones of the plurality of implantable medical devices for performing network tasks in response to the evaluation of the node status. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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