| US 7,580,755 B1 | ||
| Automatic data transmission rate adjustment | ||
| Allan R. Schwartz, Moorpark, Calif. (US); and Leonard Mah, San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Pacesetter, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 18, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/282,190. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/630093, filed on Nov. 19, 2004. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/630094, filed on Nov. 19, 2004. | ||
| Int. Cl. A61N 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 607—60 [340/539.12; 128/904; 128/903] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A method to receive real time data at a receiver at a first location from an implantable medical device at a second location,
comprising:
connecting the receiver at the first location to a transmitter at the second location that is external to the implantable
medical device via a communications network;
determining a data transfer rate of said connection between the receiver and the transmitter over the communications network;
using the data transfer rate to determine a sampling rate for the real time data received by the transmitter from the implantable
medical device;
sampling real time data from the implantable medical device at the determined sampling rate; and
receiving the real time data from said transmitter via said communications network.
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