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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185204 | Implantable medical device telemetry with adaptive frequency hopping A far-field radio-frequency (RF) telemetry system transmits data between an implantable medical device and an external system using an active channel selected from a plurality of channels each representing a frequency band within a predetermined frequency range. One... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8165677 | Method and apparatus of acoustic communication for implantable medical device An implantable medical device includes an acoustic transducer for intra-body communication with another medical device via an acoustic couple. The acoustic transducer includes one or more piezoelectric transducers. In one embodiment, an implantable medical device ho... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160705 | Shielded RF distance telemetry pin wiring for active implantable medical devices In an electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter terminal for an active implantable medical device (AIMD), an insulated and shielded RF telemetry pin is provided to prevent re-radiation of unwanted stray signals, including the telemetry signal itself, to adjacent sen... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160706 | Phased deactivation of functionality in implantable medical device systems Embodiments of the invention are related to systems for interfacing with implantable medical devices, amongst other things. In an embodiment, the invention includes an external medical system including a processor and a telemetry circuit in communication with the pr... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160704 | System and method for enabling relayed communications by implantable medical devices A telemetry system is presented for enabling radio-frequency (RF) communications between implantable medical devices and an external device in a manner which increases the effective range over which such communications may take place. Devices are configured to relay... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8140161 | Method and medical system for determining a link quality of a communication link in such a medical system In a method and medical system for determining a link quality and a link quality margin of a communication link between a programmer device and an implantable medical device of such a medical system, a link quality monitoring circuit of the programmer or the medical... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8112151 | Housecall device for patients with implanted devices An exemplary device includes a processor, one or more communication interfaces, memory and one or more modules stored in the memory that comprise processor executable instructions to receive data from an implantable device via at least one of the one or more communi... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108044 | Method and apparatus for the staged detection of RF energy A low power method and apparatus for detecting wake-up signals in sniff processing performed in an implantable medical device (IMD) using a staged detection of RF energy in signals received in order to conserve current consumption. Incoming signals are monitored in ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103346 | Regulatory compliant transmission of medical data employing a patient implantable medical device and a generic network access device Various embodiments concern a method which may include communicating medical information between a PIMD and an interface module via a first channel in compliance with a predetermined medical information regulatory standard, preventing access to the PIMD via the inte... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8078278 | Body attachable unit in wireless communication with implantable devices Medical systems and devices are provided. A medical system includes implantable devices and an external device configured for wirelessly interacting with the implantable devices. The external device may be attachable to a patient and be configured for wirelessly com... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8055345 | Self-referencing communication in implantable devices Various aspects of the present invention enable robust, reliable control functionality for effectors present on intraluminal, e.g., vascular leads, as well as other types of implantable devices. Aspects of the invention include implantable integrated circuits that h... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046072 | Prioritization of communications from medical devices Device data is generated at each medical device in a system including a plurality of medical devices. Priority information is dynamically assigned to the device data at each medical device based on the character of the device data. The device data and the priority i... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036749 | System for characterizing chronic physiological data An implantable medical device (IMD) senses physiological episodes and stores data associated with the physiological episodes in the IMD. The data is then processed based on a pattern of recurrence of the physiological episodes. ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027727 | Pacemaker RF telemetry repeater and method A system and method for repeating radio frequency (RF) transmissions between a programmer and an implantable medical device (IMD) is provided. One aspect of this disclosure relates to an RF repeater. According to various embodiments, the repeater includes a first an... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024043 | System and method for RF wake-up of implantable medical device A telemetry system is presented for enabling radio-frequency (RF) communications between an implantable medical device and an external device in a manner which reduces the power requirements of the implantable device by duty cycling its RF circuitry. A wakeup scheme... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8005546 | Remote follow-up automaticity with intelligent data download restrictions An implanted device is equipped with a flag that indicates to a remote monitoring unit that an event such as a patient medical emergency or device failure has occurred. The remote monitoring unit is configured in some embodiments to maintain a low power communicatio... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7966069 | Medical device interface system with automatic rate threshold adjustment An external programming system and method for implantable medical devices (IMDs) is disclosed. The external programming system includes a communication circuit, a display device, an input device, and a processor. The communication circuit is configured to link to an... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962210 | Implantable medical device with voice responding and recording capacity An implantable medical device such as a cardiac pacemaker or implantable cardioverter/defibrillator with the capability of receiving communications in the form of speech spoken by the patient. An acoustic transducer is incorporated within the device which along with... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7925350 | Systems and methods for detecting an error associated with an implantable device Methods of detecting an error associated with an implantable device include powering up the implantable device with an external device, disabling a back-telemetry transmitter within the implanted device after the implanted device is powered up, detecting an error wi... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7912547 | Device for optimizing transmitting energy and transmitting position for an implantable electrical stimulator A device for optimizing transmitting energy and transmitting position for an implantable electrical stimulator is provided. The device utilizes a design of a wireless energy transmitting and positioning device with an external energy-feedback control, which can auto... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7881795 | Method of patient initiated electro-cardiogram storage, status query and therapy activation Heart rhythm status information can be provided to a user, including providing a normal heart rhythm indication if detected electrocardiogram data is indicative of a normal heart rhythm, providing an abnormal heart rhythm indication if detected electrocardiogram dat... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7865242 | Patient device The invention relates to a patient's device having an at least unidirectional, wireless interface for receiving a data signal. The wireless interface is adapted to receive medical or operational data from a medical device, in particular an implantable medical device... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7848813 | System and method for real-time remote monitoring of implantable medical devices A patient monitor is configured to interrogate an implantable medical device (IMD) and receive data from the IMD in response to the interrogation. The data received from the IMD includes electrogram (EGM) data, which the patient monitor frequency modulates for trans... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7818061 | Systems and methods for detecting an error associated with an implantable device Systems for detecting an error associated with an implantable device include a back-telemetry transmitter within the implantable device configured to transmit one or more signals to an external device having a receiver configured to receive the one or more signals. ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7801612 | System and method for managing locally-initiated medical device interrogation A system and method for managing locally-initiated medical device interrogation is presented. A noncontinuously coupleable interface is provided over which to retrieve patient data recorded and transiently staged by a medical device monitoring physiological measures... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7783356 | Automated device programming at changeout This document discusses, among other things, methods and systems for facilitating automated device programming at changeout. A method comprises receiving, from a first device, physiological data at a temporary storage device; and processing the received physiologica... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7742816 | Multichannel communication for implantable medical device applications An implantable medical device (“IMD”) as described herein is configured to support concurrent multichannel data communication with one or more other devices within a body area network corresponding to a patient. The IMD, and possibly other devices within the bod... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7676268 | Medical methods and systems incorporating wireless monitoring Medical systems and methods incorporate monitoring of at least two implanted markers, each of which is adapted to wirelessly transmit a signal in response to a wirelessly transmitted excitation signal; the response signals are converted into positional information f... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7668596 | Methods and apparatuses for implantable medical device telemetry power management An implantable medical device includes a radio-frequency (RF) telemetry circuit connected to an energy source through a power connection module to obtain power when a user initiates an RF telemetry session. After the session is completed, the power connection module... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7650186 | Leadless cardiac stimulation systems Various configurations of systems that employ leadless electrodes to provide pacing therapy are provided. In one example, a system that provides multiple sites for pacing of myocardium of a heart includes wireless pacing electrode assemblies that are implantable at ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7647109 | Leadless cardiac stimulation systems Various configurations of systems that employ leadless electrodes to provide pacing therapy are provided. In one example, a system that provides multiple sites for pacing of myocardium of a heart includes wireless pacing electrode assemblies that are implantable at ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7640060 | Implantable satellite effectors Techniques for controlling one or more modular circuits (“satellites”) that are intended for placement in a subject's body. The one or more satellites are controlled by sending signals over a bus that includes first and second conduction paths. Also coupled to t... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7630767 | System and method for communicating information using encoded pacing pulses within an implantable medical system Techniques are provided for delivering cardiac pacing therapy to the heart of a patient using an epicardial left ventricular satellite pacing device in conjunction with primary pacemaker having at least a right ventricular pacing lead. In one embodiment described he... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7623922 | Implantable medical device telemetry with periodic frequency hopping A far-field radio-frequency (RF) telemetry system for data transmission between an implantable medical device and an external system includes a plurality of channels each representing a frequency band within a predetermined frequency range. The data transmission is ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7551962 | Implantable medical device with voice responding and recording capacity An implantable medical device such as a cardiac pacemaker or implantable cardioverter/defibrillator with the capability of receiving communications in the form of speech spoken by the patient. An acoustic transducer is incorporated within the device which along with... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7532932 | Implantable medical apparatus having an omnidirectional antenna for receiving radio frequency signals An radio frequency antenna assembly is provided for a medical device such as one capable of being implanted into a patient. The antenna assembly includes a plurality of antennas, each oriented to receive a radio frequency signal propagating along a different axis. T... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7528094 | Method and apparatus for providing safe long-range telemetry with implantable medical devices An implantable medical device (IMD) communication system and associated method for controlling the telemetry link status between an IMD and associated programmer during a telemetry session are provided. The system includes control circuitry for detecting conditions ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7515963 | Method of patient initiated electro-cardiogram storage, status query and therapy activation A handheld cardiac rhythm management device for use by a patient to request status information from an implantable pulse generating device and to request that the pulse generating device provide a rhythm altering shock to the patient's heart. The device includes a p... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7489967 | Method and apparatus of acoustic communication for implantable medical device An implantable medical device includes an acoustic transducer for intra-body communication with another medical device via an acoustic couple. The acoustic transducer includes one or more piezoelectric transducers. In one embodiment, an implantable medical device ho... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7440805 | Implantable pulse generator system and method for utilizing communication protocols An implantable pulse generator communicates with external devices such as device programmers and network repeaters to exchange data. The communication utilizes a communication protocol such that data is transferred in packets and transport control information is inc... | 10/21/2008 |
