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Telemetry system for an implantable medical device

  • US 5,354,319 A
  • Filed: 01/29/1993
  • Issued: 10/11/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for transferring data between two medical devices while one of said medical devices is implanted within a patient'"'"'s body, comprising:

  • (a) means within a first of said medical devices for defining a plurality of parameters;

    (b) first encoding means within said first medical device for initially encoding said plurality of parameters in a first numerical base;

    (c) second encoding means within said first medical device for further encoding said plurality of initially encoded parameters in said first numerical base in a second, higher numerical base wherein said second encoding means comprises means for encoding said plurality of parameters as a single value in said second numerical base;

    (d) means coupled to said second encoding means for transferring said further encoded parameters in said second numerical base to a second of said medical devices;

    (e) means within said second medical device for receiving said further encoded parameters in said second numerical base;

    (f) first means coupled to said receiving means for decoding said parameters from said further encoded parameters in said second numerical base.

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