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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2007
Steven M. Goetz, Brooklyn Center, MN (US);
Donald R. Johnson, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Touby A. Drew, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Andrew H. Houchins, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Jeffrey T. Keacher, Stanford, CA (US);
Theodore J. Stone, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Earle T. Roberts, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Steven M. Goetz, Brooklyn Center, MN (US);
Donald R. Johnson, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Touby A. Drew, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Andrew H. Houchins, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Jeffrey T. Keacher, Stanford, CA (US);
Theodore J. Stone, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Earle T. Roberts, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Techniques for increasing the safety of medical device programming using general purpose hardware, such as a general purpose personal computer, are described. In some embodiments, a system includes an intermediate computing device comprising an applications module. Information from the applications module, such as instructions for an implantable medical device (IMD), may be presented to a user via a user input terminal that is separate from the intermediate computing device. A user may interact with the user input terminal to select an instruction from the applications module, and the intermediate computing device may transmit the selected instruction to the IMD. In some embodiments, the intermediate computing device comprises a web server and the user input terminal comprises a web browser configured to access the web server. In other embodiments, the intermediate computing device comprises a client server and the user input terminal comprises a client.