System and method for unscheduled wireless communication with a medical device
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A medical device for receiving a transmission including data, the medical device comprising:
- device circuitry controlling operation of the medical device and processing data; and
a receiver configured to operate in a wide band receiver mode that simultaneously monitors for a transmission on any of multiple communication channels and, in response to detecting the transmission on one of the multiple communication channels, operate in a narrow band receiver mode that receives data on the one of the multiple communication channels on which the transmission is detected,wherein the receiver, in response to not detecting a transmission on any of the multiple communication channels in the wideband receiver mode, is configured to operate in the narrow band receiver mode on a first one of the multiple communication channels to monitor for the transmission.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Data is communicated from a transmitter of an external unit to a receiver of an implantable medical device. The receiver of the implantable medical device operates in a wide band receiver mode to detect the transmission from the external unit and operates in a narrow band receiver mode to receive the data.
140 Citations
11 Claims
-
1. A medical device for receiving a transmission including data, the medical device comprising:
-
device circuitry controlling operation of the medical device and processing data; and a receiver configured to operate in a wide band receiver mode that simultaneously monitors for a transmission on any of multiple communication channels and, in response to detecting the transmission on one of the multiple communication channels, operate in a narrow band receiver mode that receives data on the one of the multiple communication channels on which the transmission is detected, wherein the receiver, in response to not detecting a transmission on any of the multiple communication channels in the wideband receiver mode, is configured to operate in the narrow band receiver mode on a first one of the multiple communication channels to monitor for the transmission. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
-
Specification