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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1993
John H Erickson, Plano, TX (US);
John C Tepper, Carrollton, TX (US);
Ike C Thacker, Galveston, TX (US);
Greg Turi, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Anthony J Varrichio, Flanders, NJ (US);
Arthur A Pilla, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Mark A Bettin, Plano, TX (US);
William C Brosche, Plano, TX (US);
AMEI Technologies Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A hand-held programmer/monitor (500) for programming and monitoring an implantable tissue growth stimulator (10) is provided. The stimulator (10) includes circuitry (46) for implementing selected operations in response to a down-link signal transmitted by the programmer/monitor (500). The stimulator (10) also includes circuitry (46) for transmitting up-link signals to the programmer/monitor (500). The programmer/monitor (500) includes a control circuit (518) for generating the down-link signal. The control circuit (518) also processes the up-link signal to monitor the status of the implantable tissue growth stimulator (10). The programmer/monitor (500) also includes a transmit/receive circuit (514) for transmitting the down-link signal to and for receiving the up-link signal from the implantable tissue growth stimulator (10). The transmit/receive circuit (514) also couples the up-link signal to the control circuit (518).