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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2016
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
John LaLonde, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
James R. Kalgren, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Kenneth P. Hoyme, Plymouth, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A system including an implantable medical device (IMD) configured to be programmed with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) settings for use during an MRI scan, a server configured to receive MRI settings associated with the IMD, and configured to store the MRI settings associated with the IMD, and a portable retrieval programmer. The portable retrieval programmer includes a housing configured for portability by a user, a first communication module in the housing configured to communicate with the server to retrieve the MRI settings associated with the IMD, and a device communication module connectible to and disconnectible from the housing and configured to communicate with the IMD to retrieve the identity data and program the IMD with the MRI settings.