MEDICAL IMPLANT HAVING AT LEAST TWO DATA COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
First Claim
1. A medical therapy method for use with a medical therapy system including:
- a. a central service center (14),b. a programming device (12) separate and spaced from the central service center (14); and
c. a patient medical implant (10) separate and spaced from the central service center (14) and the programming device (12), the patient medical implant (10) having;
(1) at least one interface (30, 32) configured to perform;
(a) a wireless data exchange with the programming device (12) over a first data communication channel, and(b) a wireless data exchange with the central service center (14) over a second data communication channel, and(2) a data memory (36),the method including the steps of;
i. transmitting a center data packet from the central service center (14) over the second data communication channel, the center data packet including messages and/or commands intended for the programming device (12);
ii. receiving and storing the center data packet in the patient medical implant (10),iii. subsequently relaying at least a portion of the center data packet from the patient medical implant (10) to the programming device (12) via the first data communication channel.
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Abstract
A medical implant has at least one interface for bidirectional wireless data exchange, a data memory, and a controller. The controller and interface perform a wireless data exchange with at least two different external devices, resulting in at least two different data communication channels, one channel being assigned to data communication with the programming device and a second channel being assigned to data communication with a central service center. The medical implant is also designed to receive control commands and/or messages over the second channel while the second channel is active, and to recognize received control commands and/or messages intended for a programming device, store them temporarily in a memory (if necessary), and forward them to a programming device via the first channel when the first channel is active.
9 Citations
19 Claims
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1. A medical therapy method for use with a medical therapy system including:
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a. a central service center (14), b. a programming device (12) separate and spaced from the central service center (14); and c. a patient medical implant (10) separate and spaced from the central service center (14) and the programming device (12), the patient medical implant (10) having; (1) at least one interface (30, 32) configured to perform; (a) a wireless data exchange with the programming device (12) over a first data communication channel, and (b) a wireless data exchange with the central service center (14) over a second data communication channel, and (2) a data memory (36), the method including the steps of; i. transmitting a center data packet from the central service center (14) over the second data communication channel, the center data packet including messages and/or commands intended for the programming device (12); ii. receiving and storing the center data packet in the patient medical implant (10), iii. subsequently relaying at least a portion of the center data packet from the patient medical implant (10) to the programming device (12) via the first data communication channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19)
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15. A medical therapy method for use with a medical therapy system including:
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a. a central service center (14), b. a programming device (12) separate and spaced from the central service center (14); and c. a first medical implant (10.2) within a first patient, the first medical implant (10.2) being separate and spaced from the central service center (14) and the programming device (12), d. a second medical implant (10.3) within a second patient, the second medical implant (10.2) being separate and spaced from the central service center (14) and the programming device (12), and being different from the first medical implant (10.2); the method including the steps of; i. transmitting a center data packet from the central service center (14) to the first and second medical implants (10.2, 10.3), the center data packet including commands for the operation of one or more of the first and second medical implants (10.2, 10.3); ii. subsequently transmitting the center data packet from at least one of the first and second medical implants (10.2, 10.3) to the programming device (12); iii. subsequently establishing communications between the programming device (12) and one of the first and second medical implants (10.2, 10.3); and iv. transmitting to the communicating medical implant (10.2, 10.3) any of the commands for operation that relate to the communicating medical implant (10.2, 10.3).
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16. A medical therapy system including:
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a. a central service center (14), b. a programming device (12) separate and spaced from the central service center (14); and c. a patient medical implant (10) separate and spaced from the central service center (14) and the programming device (12), the patient medical implant (10) having; (1) at least one interface (30, 32) configured to perform; (a) a wireless data exchange with the programming device (12) over a first data communication channel, and (b) a wireless data exchange with the central service center (14) over a second data communication channel, and (2) a data memory (36), wherein the patient medical implant (10) is configured to; i. receive messages and/or commands via the second data communication channel, ii. identify any of the messages and/or commands which are intended for the programming device (12), and iii. relay to the programming device (12), via the first data communication channel, any of the messages and/or commands which are intended for the programming device (12). - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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