Abstract

An active implanted medical device, particularly an active implantable medical device, and its external programmer having a bi-directional synchronous transmission of data. The active implanted medical device (10) includes a timing clock (18) and circuits for the emission/reception of signals operating under the temporal control of the timing clock of the active implanted medical device. The programmer (24) includes a timing clock (42) and circuits for the emission/reception of signals, operating under the temporal control of the programmer timing clock. The device (10) and programmer (24) exchange data there-between using a bi-directional synchronous serial connection, in which the programmer timing clock (42) is a programmable clock, adjustable in phase, and the programmer has a synchronization control circuit (32, 36, 38, 40) cooperating with its programmable timing clock, to analyze a signal received from the active implanted medical device and to lock in phase the programmer programmable timing clock on the timing clock of the active implanted medical device.

Other References

• Darnel "A Novel DSP-Based Data Synchronization Technique" IEEE International Conference on Communication, May 23-26, 1993, Vol. 213, pp. 821-82