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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2004
Applicant:
Timothy J. Cox, Friendswood, TX (US);
Inventor:
Timothy J. Cox, Friendswood, TX (US);
Assignee:
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system enables high-frequency communication between an external communication device and one or more implantable medical devices. The system implements a communication protocol in which the external communication device interrogates any implantable medical devices within range to establish one-to-one communication links for purposes of exchanging data and/or programming the medical devices.