| US 7,463,930 B2 | ||
| Implantable medical device programmer module for use with existing clinical instrumentation | ||
| Craig M. Housworth, Woodbury, Minn. (US); and Nancy P. Pool, Eldorado Hills, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 10, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/775,402. | ||
| Application 10/775402 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/745112, filed on Dec. 20, 2000, abandoned. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0225337 A1, Nov. 11, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61N 1/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 607—60 [600/523; 600/522; 607/32; 607/5] | 4 Claims |
| 1. A module adapted for use with a clinical instrument, the clinical instrument having a user interface, to provide at least
a subset of programmer functionality for an implantable medical device, the module comprising:
a telemetry circuit for telemetric communication with an implantable medical device to interrogate the implantable medical
device in retrieval of data;
a connector connected to the telemetry circuit and electrically coupled to an electrical power source included in the clinical
instrument, wherein the telemetry circuit is powered by the clinical instrument; and
means for coordinating real-time communication between the telemetry circuit and the clinical instrument user interface to
cooperatively uplink data from the implantable medical device upon receipt of an interrogation command entered on the clinical
instrument user interface.
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