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US 2012/0278760 A1Published application
Predictive background data transfer for implantable medical devices
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsDouglas S. Cerny, Reginald J. Warren, Van L. Snyder, Kevin L. Bright
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Abstract
Data is transferred from an implantable medical device (IMD) to one or more external devices passively in the background of an active communications session based on a prediction of data that will be requested by a user.
Claims49
A method comprising:
- predicting a future request for data stored on an implantable medical device (IMD);
- detecting that a telemetry session between the IMD and an external device comprises available bandwidth;
- and
- automatically transferring data that is predicted to be requested in the future from the IMD to the external device via the available bandwidth of the telemetry session.
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An implantable medical device (IMD) comprising:
- a telemetry module configured to facilitate communications between the IMD and an external device;
- and
- a processor configured to predict a future request for data stored on the IMD, detect that a telemetry session between the IMD and the external device comprises available bandwidth, and automatically transfer data that is predicted to be requested in the future from the IMD to the external device via the available bandwidth of the telemetry session.
A system comprising:
- an implantable medical device (IMD);
- an external device configured to communicate with the IMD;
- and
- a processor configured to predict a future request for data stored on the IMD, detect that a telemetry session between the IMD and the external device comprises available bandwidth, and automatically transfer data that is predicted to be requested in the future from the IMD to the external device via the available bandwidth of the telemetry session.
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A system comprising:
- means for predicting a future request for data stored on an implantable medical device (IMD);
- means for detecting that a telemetry session between the IMD and an external device comprises available bandwidth;
- and
- means for automatically transferring data that is predicted to be requested in the future from the IMD to the external device via the available bandwidth of the telemetry session.
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A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions configured to cause a programmable processor to:
- predict a future request for data stored on an implantable medical device (IMD);
- detect that a telemetry session between the IMD and the external device comprises available bandwidth;
- and
- automatically transfer data that is predicted to be requested in the future from the IMD to the external device via the available bandwidth of the telemetry session.
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An external programming device comprising:
- a telemetry module configured to facilitate communications between the external programming device and an implantable medical device (IMD);
- and
- a processor configured to predict a future request for data stored on the IMD, detect that a telemetry session between the IMD and the external device comprises available bandwidth, and automatically transfer data that is predicted to be requested in the future from the IMD to the external device via the available bandwidth of the telemetry session.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.