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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2003
David L. Thompson, Andover, MN (US);
Koen J. Weijand, Alfas Del Pi, ES;
Daniel R. Greeninger, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
David L. Thompson, Andover, MN (US);
Koen J. Weijand, Alfas Del Pi, ES;
Daniel R. Greeninger, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a programmer for communication with different medical devices that utilize different telemetry communication techniques. The programmer receives telemetry signals from a given medical device, and selects an appropriate communication mode, which can be pre-programmed into the programmer as one of a plurality of possible communication modes. The programmer can configure itself for communication with a given medical device based on the telemetry signal it receives. Specifically the programmer is implemented as a software based, power efficient receiver/transmitter based upon an inexpensive, simple motor-controller DSP.