Patent ReferencesRecorder with patient alarm and service request systems suitable for use with automatic implantable defibrillator Pacing generator programmer with transmission checking circuit Ambulatory monitoring system with real time analysis and telephone transmission Virtual arrhythmia system Interactive programming and diagnostic system for use with implantable pacemaker Surgical implement detector utilizing a powered marker Patent #: 5107862 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 886325 filed on 05/20/1992US Classes:607/32, Communicating with pacer (e.g., telemetry)128/904TELEPHONE TELEMETRYExaminersPrimary: Kamm, William E.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA61N 001/02AbstractA storage interrogation apparatus for communication with an implanted medical device and with remote communications systems. The apparatus comprises a microprocessor for implementing program control instructions, an RF receiver/transmitter connected to the microprocessor for transmitting and receiving signals between the interrogator and the implanted medical device, a memory integrated circuit for storing signal data received from the implanted medical device, and a transmission system for transmitting stored signal data to a location remote from the interrogator. | |