# US 12,598,458 B2 · Methods and devices for secure communication with and operation of an implant > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,598,458 B2 - Document ID: US12598458B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/443,367 - Filed: 2024-02-16 - Published: 2024-06-27 - Granted: 2026-04-07 - Earliest claimed: 2021-08-30 - Applicants: Peter Forsell - Inventors: Peter Forsell - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12598458B2 ## CPC - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04W 12/033: of the user plane, e.g. user's traffic - A61B 5/0031: {Implanted circuitry} - A61B 5/02007: {Evaluating blood vessel condition, e.g. elasticity, compliance} - A61B 5/02055: {Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature} - A61N 1/37211: {Means for communicating with stimulators} - A61N 1/37223: {Circuits for electromagnetic coupling} - A61N 1/3787: {from an external energy source} - G16H 40/40: for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades - G16H 40/67: for remote operation - H04L 63/0471: {applying encryption by an intermediary, e.g. receiving clear information at the intermediary and encrypting the received information at the intermediary before forwarding} - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - A61B 5/02014: {Determining aneurysm} - A61B 5/024: Measuring pulse rate or heart rate - A61B 5/0816: {Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency (measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00)} - A61B 5/1112: {Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS} - A61B 5/202: {Assessing bladder functions, e.g. incontinence assessment} - H04W 12/06: Authentication - H04W 88/04: adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B) - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for powering an implant for a human patient and a method for powering an implant for a human patient. Wherein said apparatus comprises an implantable energy source for providing energy to the implant, an energy provider connected to the implantable energy source and connected to an energy consuming part of the implant, the energy provider being configured to store energy to provide a burst of energy to the energy consuming part, wherein the energy provider is configured to be charged by the implantable energy source and to provide the energy consuming part with electrical power during startup of the energy consuming part. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A communication system for enabling communication between an implantable medical device, a patient external device, and a user display device, the communication system comprising: the implantable medical device comprising a wireless communication unit configured for wireless communication with the patient external device, and an encryption unit configured to encrypt data destined for the user display device, the patient external device comprising at least one wireless communication unit, and the user display device comprising a display for displaying information to a user, a decryption unit, and a wireless communication unit for wireless communication with the patient external device, wherein: the at least one wireless communication unit of the patient external device enables wireless transmission of the encrypted data from the implantable medical device and wireless transmission of the encrypted data to the user display device, the patient external device is configured to act as a router transferring the encrypted data from the implantable medical device to the user display device without full decryption, and the user display device is configured to decrypt the encrypted data using the decryption unit and display information to the user based on the decrypted data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the user display device is configured to wirelessly receive an implant control interface from the patient external device to be displayed on the display. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The communication system according to claim 1, wherein at least two of: the wireless communication unit of the user display device, the wireless communication unit of the patient external device, or the wireless communication unit of the implantable medical device, are configured for wireless communication using a standard network protocol. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The communication system according to claim 1, wherein at least two of: the wireless communication unit of the user display device, the wireless communication unit of the patient external device, or the wireless communication unit of the implantable medical device, are configured for wireless communication using a proprietary network protocol. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication unit of the patient external device is configured to: use a first network protocol for communication with the implantable medical device and use a second network protocol for communication with the user display device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication unit of the patient external device is configured to: use a first frequency band for communication with the implantable medical device and use a second frequency band for communication with the user display device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication unit of at least one of the user display device, the patient external device, and the implantable medical device comprises a Bluetooth transceiver. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication unit of at least one of the user display device, the patient external device, and the implantable medical device comprises a UWB transceiver. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication unit of the patient external device comprises a first wireless transceiver for wireless communication with the implantable medical device, and a second wireless transceiver for wireless communication with the user display device, and wherein the second wireless transceiver has a longer effective range than the first wireless transceiver. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The communication system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of: the user display device is configured to authenticate the patient external device if a distance between the user display device and the patient external device is less than a predetermined threshold value, the user display device is configured to be authenticated by the patient external device if a distance between the user display device and the patient external device is less than a predetermined threshold value, the user display device is configured to authenticate the implantable medical device if a distance between the user display device and the implantable medical device is less than a predetermined threshold value, the user display device is configured to be authenticated by the implantable medical device if a distance between the user display device and the implantable medical device is less than a predetermined threshold value, the patient external device is configured to authenticate the user display device if a distance between the patient external device and the user display device is less than a predetermined threshold value, the patient external device is configured to be authenticated by the user display device if a distance between the patient external device and the user display device is less than a predetermined threshold value, the patient external device is configured to authenticate the implantable medical device if a distance between the patient external device and the implantable medical device is less than a predetermined threshold value, or the patient external device is configured to be authenticated by the implantable medical device if a distance between the patient external device and the implantable medical device is less than a predetermined threshold value. ### Claim 11 A communication system for enabling communication between a user display device, a patient external device and an implantable medical device, the communication system comprising: the user display device comprising a display and an input device for receiving input from a user, and a wireless communication unit configured for wireless communication with the patient external device, and an encryption unit configured to encrypt data destined for the implantable medical device, the patient external device comprising at least one wireless communication unit configured for wireless transmission to the implantable medical device, the implantable medical device comprising a decryption unit and a wireless communication unit configured for wireless communication with the patient external device, wherein the at least one communication unit of the patient external device enables wireless transmission of the encrypted data from the user display device and wireless transmission of the encrypted data to the implantable medical device, the patient external device is configured to act as a router transferring the encrypted data from the user display device to the implantable medical device without full decryption, and the implantable medical device is configured to decrypt the decrypted data using the decryption unit. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The communication system according to claim 11, wherein the user display device is configured to wirelessly receive an implant control interface from the patient external device to be displayed on the display. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The communication system according to claim 12, wherein the input device comprises the implant control interface, such that input can be provided to the input device using the implant control interface. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The communication system according to claim 11, wherein at least two of: the wireless communication unit of the user display device, the wireless communication unit of the patient external device, and the wireless communication unit of the implantable medical device, are configured for wireless communication using a standard network protocol. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The communication system according to claim 11, wherein at least two of: the wireless communication unit of the user display device, the wireless communication unit of the patient external device, or the wireless communication unit of the implantable medical device, are configured for wireless communication using a proprietary network protocol. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The communication system according to claim 11, wherein the wireless communication unit of the patient external device is configured to: use a first frequency band for communication with the implantable medical device and use a second frequency band for communication with the user display device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The communication system according to claim 11, wherein the wireless communication unit of at least one of the user display device, the patient external device, and the implantable medical device comprises a Bluetooth transceiver. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The communication system according to claim 11, wherein the wireless communication unit of at least one of the user display device, the patient external device, and the implantable medical device comprises a UWB transceiver. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The communication system according to claim 11, wherein the wireless communication unit of the patient external device comprises a first wireless transceiver for wireless communication with the implantable medical device, and a second wireless transceiver for wireless communication with the user display device, and wherein the second wireless transceiver has a longer effective range than the first wireless transceiver. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The communication system according to claim 11, wherein at least one of: the user display device is configured to authenticate the patient external device if a distance between the user display device and the patient external device is less than a predetermined threshold value, the user display device is configured to be authenticated by the patient external device if a distance between the user display device and the patient external device is less than a predetermined threshold value, the user display device is configured to authenticate the implantable medical device if a distance between the user display device and the implantable medical device is less than a predetermined threshold value, the user display device is configured to be authenticated by the implantable medical device if a distance between the user display device and the implantable medical device is less than a predetermined threshold value, the patient external device is configured to authenticate the user display device if a distance between the patient external device and the user display device is less than a predetermined threshold value, the patient external device is configured to be authenticated by the user display device if a distance between the patient external device and the user display device is less than a predetermined threshold value, the patient external device is configured to authenticate the implantable medical device if a distance between the patient external device and the implantable medical device is less than a predetermined threshold value, and the patient external device is configured to be authenticated by the implantable medical device if a distance between the patient external device and the implantable medical device is less than a predetermined threshold value.