METHOD AND MEDICAL SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A LINK QUALITY OF A COMMUNICATION LINK IN SUCH A MEDICAL SYSTEM

摘要

The present invention generally relates to methods and medical systems for determining a link quality and a link quality margin of a communication link between a programmer device (2; 2a; 2c; 2d) and an implantable medical device (20; 20a) of such a medical system (11; 11a; lie; lid) . A link quality monitoring circuit (14; 39) of the programmer (2; 2a; 2b) or the medical device (20a) may be adapted to determine a present link quality and/or link quality margin at reduced signal power using at least one link quality parameter.