Regulatory compliant transmission of medical data employing a patient implantable medical device and a generic network access

US8700158B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. · US

Inventors

• William R. Mass · Minneapolis, US
• Greg Paul Carpenter · Centerville, US
• Daniel Kollmann · Andover, US
• Arthur Lai · Minnetonka, US
• Philip G. Dion · Blaine, US
• Thomas R. Phillips · Cicero, US
• Aaron Matthew Eash · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 30, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 15, 2014
• Expiry date: Apr 30, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/37282
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An interface device for facilitating transfer of medical information between a patient implantable medical device (PIMD) and a remote network server via public network infrastructure is disclosed, the interface device using any of a plurality of generic network access devices having disparate communication protocols. First communication circuitry is configured to receive medical information from a patient implantable medical device (PIMD), and second communication circuitry configured to effect communication with the first communication circuitry and a generic network access device. A processor is coupled the first communication circuitry and the second communication circuitry. The processor is configured to control transmission of the medical information to the generic network access device and condition the medical device data in compliance with a predetermined medical information regulatory standard governing the PIMD. A method is also disclosed.