MANAGEMENT OF IMPLANTABLE DEVICES

摘要

The invention relates to organization of not yet implanted implantable medical devices (210a-c) that are associated with telemetry means (C) for wireless exchange of data (IQ'', R') with a remote external unit (250; 270). According to the invention, at least one inquiry signal (IQ'') is transmitted from a local administration unit (237) to at least one telemetry means (C) via a wireless interface (220a-c). At least one return signal (R') is sent back from the telemetry means (C) to the local administration unit (237) over the same interface (220a-c) in response to the at least one inquiry signal (IQ''). This communication allows the remote external unit (250; 270) to extract information pertaining, for instance, the process of physically locating a particular device (210a-c), which in turn may be useful when performing administrative procedures, such as recall operations, billing and stocktaking.