Title:
MEDICAL DEVICE TELEMETRY ARBITRATION SYSTEM BASED UPON USER SELECTION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2006014697
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
A medical system and method of establishing communication between a plurality of implantable medical devices and an external device. An identification command is sent transcutaneously to at least one of the plurality of implantable medical devices. The plurality of implantable medical devices respond to the identification command with an uplink response in one of a plurality of uplink time slots. The external device receives the uplink response from each of at least one of the plurality of implanted medical devices. The external device establishes transcutaneous communication to a selected one of the plurality of implanted medical devices based, at least in part, upon a user selection of one of said plurality of implanted medical devices.
Inventors:
TORGERSON NATHAN A (US)
ARNETT CHRISTOPHER M (US)
NELSON STEVEN J (US)
ALMENDINGER ALLEN D (US)
ARNETT CHRISTOPHER M (US)
NELSON STEVEN J (US)
ALMENDINGER ALLEN D (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2005/025679
Publication Date:
April 27, 2006
Filing Date:
July 20, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC INC (US)
International Classes:
(IPC1-7): A61N1/372; A61B5/00
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