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Remote Control of Implantable Device Through Medical Implant Communication Service Band

  • US 20060293607A1
  • Filed: 06/30/2006
  • Published: 12/28/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for detecting and monitoring congestive heart failure in a patient, comprising:

  • a body-implantable device comprising a circuit module having surface electrodes on the device arranged and adapted, when the device is implanted, for exposure to tissue in a portion of the patient'"'"'s body generally occupied by the lungs, to perform ongoing measurements of impedance of said body portion;

    a radio-frequency transceiver within the body-implantable device in data communication with the circuit module for transmitting the measurements of impedance; and

    , a base station comprising a radio-frequency transceiver for receiving data from the body-implantable device and sending instructions to the body-implantable device, and an interface for sending data received from the body-implantable device to a remote location and for receiving instructions from a remote location.

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