Adaptive, performance-optimizing communication system for communicating with an implanted medical device
Patent 5843139 Issued on December 1, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date: 
March 12, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
March 12, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3311111 3518997 3623486 3631860 3738369 3805796 Programmable body stimulator Pacing generator programming apparatus including error detecting means Programmer for implanted pacer Telemetry means for tissue stimulator system InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 816223 filed on 03/12/1997US Classes:607/32, Communicating with pacer (e.g., telemetry)128/903, RADIO TELEMETRY607/31, Assurance of security, accuracy, or completion of programming procedure607/60Telemetry or communications circuitsExaminersPrimary: Kamm, William E.Assistant: Layno, Carl H. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA61N 001/08AbstractAn adaptive, performance-optimizing communication system for communicating with an implanted medical device in which signals are transmitted and received in accordance with predetermined, interrelated operational parameters, such as transmission rate, transmitter power, and the like. Various aspects of system performance, including bit error rate in received signals, the strength of received signals, the signal-to-noise ratio of received signals, the presence of local RF noise and non-telemetry related RF signals, and the like, are dynamically monitored by the communication system, to determine whether predetermined system performance goals are being met. If it is determined that one or more system performance goals are not being met, one or more operational parameters may be automatically adjusted so that desired performance can be achieved. | |
