System and method for remote programming of an implantable medical device
US7181505B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 18, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H40/40
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and corresponding system for updating or installing new software loaded into the memory of an implantable medical device(IMD) implanted within a body of a patient is described. The updated or new software may be installed in the memory of the IMD without the patient having to travel to a clinic or hospital, and may be effected by employing modem telecommunication and Internet techniques in conjunction with a remote computer system.
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