SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTING WITH AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE

摘要

An interactive implantable medical device system includes an implantable medical device and a network-enabled external device capable of bi-directional communication and interaction with the implantable medical device. The external device is programmed to interact with other similarly-enabled devices. The system facilitates improved patient care by eliminating unnecessary geographic limitations on implantable medical device interrogation and programming, and by allowing patients, physicians, and other users to access medical records, history, and information and to receive status and care-related alerts and messages anywhere there is access to a communications network.

主权项

1. An medical system comprising:
a device adapted to be implanted in a human patient, and configured to: sense signals from the patient, translate the sensed signals into data, store the data in a memory, and transmit the data over a wireless communication interface; and an apparatus adapted to remain external of the patient, and configured to establish the wireless communication interface with the implanted device, receive a request from the implanted device to allow an action to occur, determine if the implanted device is already authenticated, allow the action when the implanted device is already authenticated and an elapsed time requirement is met, and deny the action until the implanted device becomes authenticated.