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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2002
Applicants:
Steven M. Goetz, Brooklyn Center, MN (US);
Gregory Pat Spar, Big Lake, MN (US);
Inventors:
Steven M. Goetz, Brooklyn Center, MN (US);
Gregory Pat Spar, Big Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for configuring an external device so that may communicate with and an implantable medical device in accordance with a desired telemetry protocols. The external device utilizes a telemetry module can be loaded with a protocol driver necessary for communicating with the implantable medical device. Once the desired protocol driver has been installed, the telemetry module and its associated external device, e.g., a physician programmer, are enabled to communicate with the implantable medical device.