Biotronik Mess-und Therapiegeraete Gmbh & Co Ingenieurbuero Berlin

Junghans Uhren Gmbh

Biotronik Mess-und Therapiegerate Gmbh & Co Ingenieurburo Berlin

Biotronik Mass- Und Therapiegerate Gmbh & Co. Ingenieurbuero Berlin

Biotronki Mess - Und Therapiegeraete Gmbh & Co. Ingenieurbuero Berlin

Biotronik Se Co. Kg

Johannes Neudecker

Martin Lang

Jens Potschadtke

Michael Kraus

Klemens Beetz

Axel Nagelschmidt

Berhard Lang

Wolfgang Ganter

Bernhard Lang

Thomas Lechner

Holger Rudolph

Armin Bolz

Reiuer Furch

Thomas Meier

A method and apparatus for data transmission between an electromedical implant having a first transmitter/receiver unit, such as a cardiological implant, and an associated external apparatus having a second transmitter/receiver unit. Data transmission begins with a triggering signal which is sent by the first transmitter/receiver unit in normal operation in predeterminable first intervals. Reception readiness of the first transmitter/receiver unit is maintained after emission of the triggering signal for a second time interval which is shorter than the first time interval.

Method and apparatus for data transmission between an electromedical implant and an external apparatus

An electromedical implant comprising a telemetry device for the exchange of data with an external apparatus is provided. The telemetry device comprising a transmitting device and a receiving device, wherein a separate energy storage means is provided for each of the transmitting device and the receiving device. A method of using an electromedical implant comprising a telemetry device for the exchange of data is also provided.

Electromedical implant

A method of after-care in relation to patients with at least one electromedical implant. Data is transmitted from the implant to an external apparatus providing information for an examining clinician on the occasion of an after-care examination of the patient in an after-care arrangement. In an after-care interrogation up-to-date available data of the implant are interrogated and sent for output to corresponding output means, the data interrogation operation being effected prior to the after-care examination automatically after the patient enters an interrogation region of the after-care arrangement.

Method of data interrogation in implant after-care

Apparatus for the transmission of at least first data from an electronic device ( ), in particular an electromedical implant such as a cardiac pacemaker, to a monitoring arrangement ( ), including at least a first interface device ( ), with at least one input unit for the first data, a control device ( ) connected to the first interface device ( ) and a mobile radio device ( ) connected to the control device at least for the transmission of the first data to the monitoring arrangement ( ) by way of a telecommunication network which is at least in part in the form of a mobile radio network, wherein there is provided at least one second interface device ( ) connected to the control device ( ) for connecting the control device to a fixed-line telecommunication network.

Apparatus for the transmission of data in particular from an electromedical implant

An arrangement for patient monitoring. The arrangement includes at least one body sensor to detect a physiological parameter as body signal data and at least one of a body signal processing unit connected to the body sensor for processing body signal data, and a therapy device designed to act on the patient. In addition, the arrangement includes a monitoring center having a signal field strength evaluation means, a mobile phone terminal designed to transmit the data from at least one of the body signal processing unit and the therapy device to the monitoring center and from the monitoring center to the therapy device, and a cellular mobile phone network. The mobile phone terminal is operable in the cellular mobile phone network. The arrangement further includes a base station coordinate storage unit for storage of coordinate data and a mobile phone exchange linked to the base station coordinate storage unit for the reception of position data of the mobile phone terminal. The signal field strength evaluation means is utilized for evaluating signal field strength data reflecting the distance of the mobile phone terminal from at least one base station together with coordinate data of at least one active base station of the mobile phone network in order to determine the whereabouts of the patient.

Arrangement for patient monitoring

A patient monitoring system ( ) is provided with at least one body sensor ( ) for measuring a physiological parameter, as well as with a body signal processing unit ( ) connected downstream from the former and/or a therapy device ( ) designed to act on the patient (P), and a mobile radiotelephone end unit ( ) operable in a cellular mobile radiotelephone network ( B) for transmitting data from the body signal processing unit or the therapy device to a central monitoring station ( C) and/or from the central monitoring station to the therapy device. A base station coordinate memory unit ( ) and a locator unit ( through ) connected to the former serves for the rough determination of the location of the patient based on location information obtained from the current base station connection of the mobile radiotelephone end unit in the mobile radiotelephone network. For the fine position determination, a direction-finding transmitter ( ) that sends out a direction-finding signal is provided in the mobile radiotelephone end unit ( ). A separate direction-finding device ( ) serves for the fine tracking of the direction-finding signal.

System for patient monitoring

An electromedical implant ( ), in particular a cardiac pacemaker, comprising a telemetry device at least for the communication of data to an external apparatus ( ), which includes a transmitting device with a transmitter, wherein the transmitter includes an oscillator comprising a first transistor ( ) and a resonator ( ), and a second transistor ( ) forming a buffer stage and an antenna driver.

Transmitter of the telemetry device of an implant

A method of monitoring patients with at least one electromedical implant, in which at least one first data transmission is effected between the implant provided with a first transmitting/receiving device and at least one external apparatus provided with a second transmitting/receiving device. At least first data are transmitted from the implant to the external apparatus and at least one second data transmission is effected between the external apparatus and at least one central storage arrangement for the storage of first data, by a telecommunication connection which is at least partially made by way of a mobile radio network. The transmission at least of the first data to the central storage arrangement is effected by way of the portion, formed by the mobile radio network, of the telecommunication connection in the form of at least one SM-string (Short Message String).

Method of data transmission in implant monitoring

An electromedical implant ( ), in particular a cardiac pacemaker, having a close-range telemetry device for data exchange with an external apparatus ( ), which includes at least a close-range antenna ( ) and a close-range transmitter/receiver unit with a close-range transmitter ( ), a telemetry unit ( ) connected thereto and an antenna interface device ( ) which is connected to the telemetry unit ( ) and by way of which the close-range antenna ( ) is connected to the close-range transmitter/receiver unit, wherein there is provided a long-range transmitter ( ) connected to the telemetry unit ( ) to provide a long-range telemetry device.

Implant with close and long-range telemetry

In a solar-powered, radio-controlled timepiece an incorrect display can occur before the operating voltage definitively falls below the switch-off level if each pulse for the electromechanical transducer is no longer sufficient for advancing the display. A step monitor senses such an insufficient pulse and triggers a reset command in order to switch on the radio signal receiver for automatically correcting the hands position to the absolute time which is decoded from the current time telegram.

Method and apparatus for controlling a solar-powered radio-controlled timepiece when a storage element is inadequately charged

A radio-controlled wristwatch includes a casing, a printed circuit board disposed in the casing, and an antenna disposed in the casing. The antenna includes a core and a coil carried by the core. The core comprises a stack of soft-iron strips stacked in a direction parallel to a plane of the circuit board. The stack is arranged in a curved shape extending along and adjacent to an outer peripheral edge of the circuit board. The core is bonded to a surface of the circuit board and supports the coil within a pocket formed in the circuit board.

Antenna for a radio-controlled wristwatch

A radio-controlled timepiece comprises an antenna in the form of a core on which a coil is mounted. The core includes a hole spaced from the coil and defining an axis oriented perpendicular to the coil axis. A printed circuit board is disposed in the hole such that electrically conductive tracks thereof are arranged in a plane lying within a center plane of the core.

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