Transcutaneous monitor and method of use, using therapeutic output from an implanted medical device
US7272433B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 30, 2002 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/37217
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An external physiologic or implanted device monitor/controller (“monitor”) designed to be attached to the body, as for example, to the skin of the patient. The monitor is designed to detect the therapeutic outputs actually produced by the implanted medical device. Having knowledge of the operation of the implanted medical device, the monitor may then deduce, or decode, the physiologic conditions and/or devices conditions sensed by the implanted medical device. The monitor is then able to perform an action appropriate to the sensed condition and the specific implementation.
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