System and method for determining safety alert conditions for implantable medical devices
US6327501A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 2, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 2, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H40/63
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method for identifying and displaying safety alert advisories. The system automatically performs a comparison of identification data with a safety alert advisory. The system stores identification data in a plurality of dedicated fields. Each of dedicated fields contains information related to the patient. Upon the telemetric retrieval of the data by an external programmer, the external programmer automatically cross-correlates the data in the dedicated fields with the safety alert advisories. Upon identification of a match between the data and one of the safety alert advisories, the identified safety alert advisory is displayed to a medical practitioner. In addition, the system provides a dedicated memory to store an advisory flag. The advisory flag is marked when the programmer identifies a safety alert condition that is relevant to one of the dedicated fields. When a subsequent external programmer retrieves the data from the dedicated fields, the external programmer can notify the medical practitioner that a safety alert advisory exists even though the safety alert advisory was never directly input into the subsequent external programmer.
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