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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2000
Chester G. Nelson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Charles Stomberg, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Jean Ringold, Ramsey, MN (US);
Ronald Alan Stauffer, Princeton, MN (US);
James David Webb, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Michael T. Lee, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Kurt R. Linberg, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A communication system is provided which permits of communication between an deployed implantable medical device (IMD) and a computing resource capable of storing and distributing patient and device data. A deployed IMD may be polled by a network interface external to the host patient, and data may be received by wireless communication. This data may be transmitted to a computer for storage and distribution, and changes to a treatment or instruction regimen, or firmware or software upgrades, may then be transmitted to the network interface for immediate or eventual loading into the IMD via wireless communication. The system is adapted to provide communication service between multiple IMDs deployed in a patient or a number of patients.