Biotronik Crm Patent Ag

Biotronik Se Co. Kg

Other

Julian Merlin

Brian M Taff

Michael Diebold

Kurt Swenson

Jens Potschadtke

Jim Nelson

Sven Bode

Paul Stadnik

Joachim Elsner

Martin Lang

Eric Fournie

Bernhard Gromotka

Dean Bergstrom

Brad McMillan

Andre Seidelt

Andreas Fechner

Christoph Hammerschmidt

Klaus Brandau

Enrico Kurecki

Jim Horton

Frank Koch

The invention is directed to a communication system for a wireless message transfer between an implantable medical device (IMD) and an external device. A communication system is disclosed that effectively throttles/manages messages in a limited resource communication scheme, wherein the IMD is configured to monitor the health status of a patient and/or configured to deliver a therapy signal to the patient, wherein the IMD comprises a processor and a transceiver module configured to bi-directionally exchange the messages with the external device, wherein the processor adopts at least a predefined active state and a predefined processing state, wherein the processor of the IMD is configured to produce response messages in order to send these response messages from the transceiver module to the external device. The invention is further directed to a respective communication method, computer program product and computer readable data carrier.

Communication system and method for an implantable medical device

The disclosure relates to a display device for a programmer of an implant, wherein the display device comprises a frame which receives and holds the following components: a display module which is designed to generate and display a representation, a shielding layer which is arranged on the display module, a flat capacitive touch sensor which is arranged on the shielding layer, and a cover which is arranged on the touch sensor. The display device further comprises an antenna, wherein the antenna is designed to transmit and/or receive in the MICS frequency band. Furthermore, a programmer for an implant is disclosed.

Display device for a programming apparatus

A patient device that possesses a receiver array having particularly great reception sensitivity. The patient device possesses an E-field antenna and an H-field antenna, in each instance, where the H-field antenna is structured as a frame antenna. According to the invention, a main axis that runs through the E-field antenna forms an angle of less than 30 degrees to a normal line of an area generated by the frame antenna.

Patient device having an antenna array with polarization diversity

A method of making a wireless communication connection between a patient device and an electromedical implant as communication partners is disclosed, wherein a transmitting unit of the patient device is continually switched on and off, so that the transmitting unit is alternately in an activity phase and an activity pause and during its activity pause at least once sends a recognition signal and wherein a receiving unit of the electromedical implant is continually switched on and off so that the receiving unit is alternately in an activity phase and an activity pause and during its activity phase checks whether the transmitting unit is just then in its activity phase and sends a recognition signal, wherein switching on and off of the receiving unit is so effected that an activity phase and an activity pause of the receiving unit together give an overall duration which differs from the overall duration of an activity phase and an activity pause of the transmitting unit so that within a foreseeable period of time the activity phases of the transmitting unit and the receiving unit overlap and a wireless communication connection between the two communication partners occurs.

Communication module and method of operation thereof

The invention relates to a patient's device having an at least unidirectional, wireless interface for receiving a data signal. The wireless interface is adapted to receive medical or operational data from a medical device, in particular an implantable medical device like a cardiac pacemaker or a cardioverter/defibrillator, a data communication interface for accessing a wide area network or a public telecommunication network or both. The device comprises an automatic routing/dialling module connected to the data communication interface, adapted to establish an automatic access to a modem connected to the data communication interface by automatically selecting one of a plurality of possible connection parameters. The connection parameters are selected from at least one of an individual modem, if more than one modem is connected to the data communication interface, and a prefix number for a remote access to a remote device over a public network automatically selecting a dial-up telephone number.

Patient device

A telemetry coil arrangement for the telemetric reception of transmitted signals, in particular in cardiologic implants, comprises coils of varying diameters and numbers of windings suited thereto.

Telemetry coil arrangement for receiving data signals in particular from cardiologic implants

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Berlin, Germany

Julian Merlin