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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2004
Glenn O. Spital, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Wayne A. Morgan, Northridge, CA (US);
Varaz Shahmirian, Northridge, CA (US);
Glenn O. Spital, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Wayne A. Morgan, Northridge, CA (US);
Varaz Shahmirian, Northridge, CA (US);
Medtronic MiniMed, Inc., Northridge, CA (US);
Abstract
A system, method and program are disclosed for achieving rapid bit synchronization in low power medical device systems. Messages are transmitted via telemetry between a medical device and a communication device. The synchronization scheme uses a portion of a unique preamble bit pattern to identify the communication device allowing for economical communications with a minimum expenditure of energy. A special set of preamble bit patterns are utilized for their unique synchronization properties making them particularly suited for rapid bit synchronization. These unique preamble bit patterns further provide simplification to the preamble error detection logic.