Clinician programming system and method

US8903496B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Greatbatch Ltd. · US

Inventors

• Scott Drees · McKinney, US
• Norbert Kaula · Arvada, US
• Yohannes Iyassu · Denver, US
• Scott G. Leyh · Cleveland Heights, US
• Richard J. Polefko · Parma, US
• Stephen C. Trier · Bothell, US
• Raymond L. Yoder · Willoughby, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2012
• Grant date: Dec 2, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 3, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/1423
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A clinician programming system operable to control an implantable medical device includes a clinician programmer and a secondary unit. The clinician programmer has a housing, and includes a first display configured to display information indicative of the inputs by the clinician or display information indicative of status of an implantable pulse generator, the first display having a first display size. The secondary unit is separate from the housing of the clinician programmer and includes a secondary display. The secondary display is configured to communicate with the clinician programmer via the secondary display communication interface and configured to display information received via the secondary display communication interface.