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7610099 Method of processing telemetry signals in an implantable medical device including a telemetry processor  
An implantable medical device with a main processor also has a telemetry processor to perform some telemetry processing functions resulting under some circumstances in reducing demands on the main...
7561915 MRI system having implantable device safety features  
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a telemetry device which is in communication with an MRI system, and which is operable to communicate with an implantable medical device (IMD)....
7539541 Automatic power control for a radio frequency transceiver of an implantable device  
Power supplied to a particular telemetry system of an implantable device having multiple telemetry systems is managed by a state machine. Power to a transceiver of a device is terminated if the...
7493165 Implantable device and programmer system which permits multiple programmers  
A multiprogrammer system, for monitoring and optimizing implant performance, includes at least two programmers and an implant. Each programmer may perform inquiry and programming operations on the...
7406349 Dynamic telemetry link selection for an implantable device  
Communications with an implantable device are conducted using a physical telemetry link dynamically selected from multiple physical telemetry links based on selected criteria including, for...
7359751 Clinician programmer for use with trial stimulator  
Disclosed are systems and methods which provide an external clinician interface, such as through the use of a laptop computer or a personal digital assistant (PDA). The foregoing clinician...
7319903 System and method for RF transceiver duty cycling in an implantable medical device  
A telemetry system is presented for enabling radio-frequency (RF) communications between an implantable medical device and an external device in a manner which reduces the power requirements of the...
7295876 System and method for generating and testing treatment protocols  
A system, method, and computer program product for interactively defining and calibrating a treatment protocol program for a stimulation device such as an implantable pulse generator (IPG). An IPG,...
7280872 Wireless communication with implantable medical device  
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to apparatus and methods of minimizing current drain of an implantable medical device during wireless communication with the device, thereby...
7277752 System for cardiac resuscitation  
A system and method for monitoring and controlling the therapy of a cardiac rhythm abnormality victim at a remote site by proving immediate access to a medical professional at a central station....
7272445 Medical device programmer with faceplate  
In general, the invention is directed to a patient programmer for an implantable medical device. The patient programmer may include one or more of a variety of features that may enhance...
7272444 Medical device interface system with automatic rate threshold adjustment  
A medical device programmer automatically adjusts parameters to be programmed to a medical device in response to a user modifying related parameters. Slide controllers on the programmer display...
7257447 Method and apparatus for indication-based programming of cardiac rhythm management devices  
A cardiac rhythm management (CRM) system includes a programming device that determines parameters for programming an implantable medical device based on patient-specific information including...
7254448 Method of operating an implantable medical device telemetry processor  
An implantable medical device with a main processor also has a telemetry processor to perform some telemetry processing functions resulting under some circumstances in reducing demands on the main...
7228182 Cryptographic authentication for telemetry with an implantable medical device  
Integrity of a wirelessly telemetered message communicated between an implantable medical device and an external programmer is authenticated by encoding the message. The message is encrypted based...
7225030 Management of implantable devices  
In a method and a system for organizing not yet implanted implantable medical devices, each having a telemetry unit associated therewith, a local administration unit transmits an inquiry signal to...
7218969 Dynamic channel selection for RF telemetry with implantable device  
A telemetry system for radio-frequency communications between an implantable medical device and an external device providing improved noise immunity is disclosed. Multiple communications channels...
7191006 Cardiac rhythm management systems and methods for rule-illustrative parameter entry  
This document describes systems, devices, and methods for programmably adjusting therapy or other operative parameter values of an implantable cardiac rhythm management device using a programmer...
7171274 Method and apparatus for communicating between an ambulatory medical device and a control device via telemetry using randomized data  
An implanted medical device (e.g. infusion pump) and handheld communication device communicate with one another via telemetry wherein transmitted messages have enhanced numbers of and/or regularity...
7162307 Channel occupancy in multi-channel medical device communication  
In general, channel occupancy techniques for multi-channel medical device communication are provided. More specifically, techniques are described for maintaining a communication session between an...
7155290 Secure long-range telemetry for implantable medical device  
A method and system for enabling secure communications between an implantable medical device (IMD) and an external device (ED) over a telemetry channel. A telemetry interlock may be implemented...
7149581 Patient monitoring device with multi-antenna receiver  
A patient monitoring device incorporates a receiver capable of single-antenna or multi-antenna operation. Multi-antenna operation permits the monitoring device to take advantage of spatial...
7142924 Active medical device equipped with a memory for the storage of Holter data and of instructions for controlling a microprocesser  
An active medical device equipped with a memory for the storage of medical data such as Holter data and instructions for controlling a microprocessor. This device comprises a micro-processor...
7127299 Network communications arrangement for IMD programming units  
A medical data processing system that enables individual implanted medical device (IMD) programming units to securely access information networks that are susceptible to carrying data contaminants....
7089056 Change log for implantable medical device  
A method and system for recording changes to programmable parameters in an implantable pulse generator. An executable program is stored in an implantable pulse generator. A parameter log is...
7065409 Device communications of an implantable medical device and an external system  
An implantable medical device, external unit, and method for establishing communication between them are disclosed. The external unit learns the frequencies of transmission and reception for the...
7010349 System and method for detecting and displaying parameter interactions  
A system and method of detecting and displaying parameter interactions. A medical device system has a medical device and a programming interface, wherein the medical device includes a plurality of...
6961448 User authentication in medical device systems  
A user authentication system utilizes biometric traits such as fingerprints, vein print, voice print, facial images, iris/retina and similar distinguishing characteristics to allow access to...
6931328 Analyte detection system with software download capabilities  
An analyte concentration monitoring system having network-based communication features which provide a link between an analyte detection system and a centralized computer. The analyte detection...
6907291 Secure telemetry system and method for an implantable cardiac stimulation device  
An implantable cardiac stimulation device establishes communication with at least first and second external devices which communicate using first and second communication protocols, respectively,...
6868288 Implanted medical device telemetry using integrated thin film bulk acoustic resonator filtering  
A telemetry receiver for an implantable medical device (IMD) such as a cardiac pacemaker has an RF antenna coupled to a telemetry circuit that includes an out-of-band rejection filter comprising a...
6795734 Method and apparatus for display of ventricular electrograms  
A cardiac rhythm management system that includes a pacemaker configured for resynchronization pacing and an external programmer with an associated display for displaying electrogram markers. The...
6694184 Shielded permanent magnet activator for implanted cardiac devices  
A method and assembly for selectively actuating features of implanted medical devices with a magneto-static field. The method includes selectively exposing the implanted device to a static magnetic...
6665565 Method and a system for conducting failure mode recovery in an implanted medical device  
A method and a system for conducting failure mode recovery of an implanted medical device. The embodiments described reduce the risk of leaving an IMD in an undesirable state when conditions during...
6662050 Notification of programmed state of medical device  
An implantable medical device, such as an implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) issues a notification when it has been left in a programmed state for some time, possibly inadvertently. The...
6647298 Implantable medical device with variable incoming communication signal discrimination, and method for operating same  
An implantable medical device communication unit bi-directionally communicates with an external device. The communication unit includes a receiver arranged to receive communication signals, having...
6493587 Device for the protected operation of neuroprostheses and method therefor  
The invention relates to a system for the protection of neuroprosthesis operation against unauthorized access to the function or operating data. The system is assigned to neuroprostheses for...
6456887 Low energy consumption RF telemetry control for an implantable medical device  
In an implantable medical device, a frequency synthesizer employed in the RF transceiver of the IMD operating system functions in a PLL LOCK mode wherein the VCO frequency is governed by the PLL...
6456875 Cyclic redundancy calculation circuitry for use in medical devices and methods regarding same  
Cyclic redundancy calculations are provided by operating on a data stream, e.g., a data stream in an implantable medical device, to perform a polynomial division thereon using one of a first cyclic...
6400990 Patient activated telemetry control unit using bidirectional asymmetric dual-mode telemetry link to communicate with an implanted device  
A dual-mode telemetry system that allows digital binary data to be efficiently transferred between an implantable device and a patient control unit. The patient control unit utilizes a...
6308100 Method and apparatus for displaying programming events detected by an implantable medical device  
A pacemaker or other implantable medical device stores diagnostic information pertaining to a variety of events detected pacemaker for subsequent transmission to an external programmer. The...
6216038 Broadcast audible sound communication of programming change in an implantable medical device  
Methods and apparatus for communication of implantable medical device (IMD) information, including interrogation of programmed parameter values, operating modes and conditions of operation,...
6073049 Programmably upgradable implantable cardiac pacemaker  
An implantable cardiac pacemaker is adapted to be selectively non-invasively upgraded from time to time after implantation to provide a plurality of different diagnostic, functional, and pacing...
6070102 Audible sound confirmation of programming an implantable medical device  
Methods and apparatus for confirming programming of implantable medical device (IMD) operating parameter values and operating modes by emission of audible sounds by the IMD are disclosed. The IMD...
6044301 Audible sound confirmation of programming change in an implantable medical device  
Methods and apparatus for confirming programming of implantable medical device (IMD) operating parameter values and operating modes by emission of audible sounds by the IMD are disclosed. The IMD...
5891184 Filtering telemetry signals emitted by a medical device  
A device for filtering signals emitted by a medical device, principally an active implanted medical device. The device (26) receives an input that is a signal delivered by a circuit (16-24) that...
5843139 Adaptive, performance-optimizing communication system for communicating with an implanted medical device  
An adaptive, performance-optimizing communication system for communicating with an implanted medical device in which signals are transmitted and received in accordance with predetermined,...
5725559 Programmably upgradable implantable medical device  
An implantable cardioverter/defibrillator device is implemented to be selectively non-invasively upgraded from time to time after implantation to enable the device to provide additional therapy for...
5697960 Configuring an implantable active medical device by adjusting parameters  
A process to configure an implantable active medical device by adjusting a parameter. For each parameter to be adjusted, the steps of the process are: the determination of a code of adjustment for...
5697958 Electromagnetic noise detector for implantable medical devices  
Disclosed are apparatus and method for detecting electromagnetic interference (EMI), or noise, that may disrupt the proper operation of medical devices implantable in patients, such as cardiac...
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