System and method for managing a data transmission layer for a personal medical device
First Claim
1. A system (10) for managing data transmission for a programmable implantable personal medical device (20), the system including:
- a. a plurality of data transmission protocols (15, 15′
, 15″
), each data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) having a designation (30) which differentiates the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) from at least one other data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the plurality of data transmission protocols (15, 15′
, 15″
),b. a plurality of programmable personal medical devices (20), each programmable personal medical device (20) having;
(1) a programmable data transmission interface (35) for a data transmission from and to the personal medical device (20) using one of the data transmission protocols (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the plurality of data transmission protocols (15, 15′
, 15″
),(2) a control unit (40) for changing the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the programmable data transmission interface (35), the control unit (40) accepting a data transmission via the data transmission interface (35), and(3) an identification (45) which identifies the personal medical device (20),c. a management unit (25) having;
(1) a query unit (55) for a designation query of the designation (30) of the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of one of the personal medical devices (20) on the basis of the identification (45) of the personal medical device (20), and(2) a storage unit (50) for storing at least one data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the plurality of data transmission protocols (15, 15′
, 15″
), wherein the management unit (25);
i. transmits a data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) from the storage unit (50), on the basis of the designation query (100), to the control unit (40) of the personal medical device (20) to change the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the data transmission interface (35), and/orii. provides a data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) from the storage unit (50), on the basis of the designation query (100), to an external device (55), wherein the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) is compatible with the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the personal medical device (20).
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system (10) for managing data transmission for a medical device (20) has several data transmission protocols (15, 15′, 15″), each having a differentiating designation (30). Each of several medical devices (20) have an identification (45) which identifies the medical device (20), and a data transmission interface (35) for data transmission from and to the medical device (20). A management unit (25) has a query unit (45) for the designation (30) of the data transmission protocol (15, 15′, 15″) of a medical device (20) on the basis of its identification (30), and a storage unit (50) for storing data transmission protocols (15, 15′, 15″). The management unit (25) provides, on the basis of the designation query of an external device (55), a data transmission protocol (15, 15′, 15″) from the storage unit (50) which is compatible with the data transmission protocol (15, 15′, 15″) of the medical device (20).
17 Citations
25 Claims
-
1. A system (10) for managing data transmission for a programmable implantable personal medical device (20), the system including:
-
a. a plurality of data transmission protocols (15, 15′
, 15″
), each data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) having a designation (30) which differentiates the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) from at least one other data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the plurality of data transmission protocols (15, 15′
, 15″
),b. a plurality of programmable personal medical devices (20), each programmable personal medical device (20) having; (1) a programmable data transmission interface (35) for a data transmission from and to the personal medical device (20) using one of the data transmission protocols (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the plurality of data transmission protocols (15, 15′
, 15″
),(2) a control unit (40) for changing the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the programmable data transmission interface (35), the control unit (40) accepting a data transmission via the data transmission interface (35), and(3) an identification (45) which identifies the personal medical device (20), c. a management unit (25) having; (1) a query unit (55) for a designation query of the designation (30) of the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of one of the personal medical devices (20) on the basis of the identification (45) of the personal medical device (20), and(2) a storage unit (50) for storing at least one data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the plurality of data transmission protocols (15, 15′
, 15″
), wherein the management unit (25);i. transmits a data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) from the storage unit (50), on the basis of the designation query (100), to the control unit (40) of the personal medical device (20) to change the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the data transmission interface (35), and/orii. provides a data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) from the storage unit (50), on the basis of the designation query (100), to an external device (55), wherein the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) is compatible with the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the personal medical device (20). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
-
-
19. A system (10) for managing data transmission for a programmable implantable personal medical device (20), the system including a management unit (25) having:
-
a. a query unit (55) querying the designation (30) of a data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of a programmable data transmission interface (35) of a personal medical device (20) from a plurality of personal medical devices (20) on the basis of an identification (45) of the personal medical device (20), the designation (30) differentiating the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) from at least one other data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of a plurality of data transmission protocols (15, 15′
, 15″
), andb. a storage unit (50) storing at least one data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the plurality of data transmission protocols (15, 15′
, 15″
),wherein the management unit (25); (1) transmits a data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) determined on the basis of the designation query from the storage unit (50) to a control unit (40) of the personal medical device (20) to change the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the data transmission interface (35), and/or(2) provides, on the basis of the designation query of an external device (55), a data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) from the storage unit (50) compatible with the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the personal medical device (20).
-
-
20. A method for managing data transmission for a programmable implantable personal medical device (20), the method including the steps of:
-
a. electronically querying (100) a designation (30) of the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of a programmable implantable personal medical device (20) from a plurality of programmable implantable personal medical devices (20), wherein;(1) the designation (30) is queried on the basis of an identification (45) of the programmable implantable personal medical device (20), (2) the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) belongs to a plurality of data transmission protocols (15, 15′
, 15″
).(3) each data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the plurality of data transmission protocols (15, 15′
, 15″
) is provided with a designation (30) which differentiates the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) from at least one other data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the plurality of data transmission protocols (15, 15′
, 15″
),b. electronically providing (105) at least one data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the plurality of data transmission protocols (15, 15′
, 15″
) which;(1) is compatible, on the basis of the designation query (100) for an external device (55), with the data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the programmable implantable personal medical device (20), or(2) is provided to a control unit (40) of the programmable implantable personal medical device (20) for changing a data transmission protocol (15, 15′
, 15″
) of the programmable implantable personal medical device (20).
-
-
21. A system for managing data transmission for a programmable cardiac therapy implant, the system including:
-
b. several programmable cardiac therapy implants, each implant; (1) being associated with an identifying data label which uniquely identifies the implant, (2) having a data transmission interface configured to enable data transmissions from and to the implant, such data transmissions being defined in accordance with an enabled data transmission protocol identified by a version designation; (3) having a control unit configured to; i. accept data transmissions via the data transmission interface, and ii. revise the data transmission protocol of the data transmission interface, c. a management unit configured to; (1) store one or more of several data transmission protocols, each data transmission protocol being identified by a respective version designation; (2) query one of the implants having a specified identifying data label to determine the version designation of the implant'"'"'s enabled data transmission protocol, and (3) send one of the stored data transmission protocols to the control unit of the implant having the specified identifying data label, with the sent data transmission protocol; i. having a version designation different from the version designation of the enabled data transmission protocol, and ii. becoming the enabled data transmission protocol defining the data transmissions of the implant'"'"'s data transmission interface. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
-
Specification