Method and apparatus for remotely programming implantable medical devices
US7060031B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 8, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H40/63
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for remotely programming implantable medical devices. The apparatus includes a server adapted to receive and store at least one request to modify the behavior of an implantable medical device provided by a programmer adapted to allow a clinician to create the at least one request at a first selected time. The apparatus further includes a monitor adapted to receive the requests from the server and transmit the requests to the implantable medical device at a second selected time and a bi-directional communications system adapted to couple the server and the monitor.
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