Two-sided telemetry in implantable cardiac therapy devices

Details Two-sided telemetry in implantable cardiac therapy devices Two-sided telemetry in implantable cardiac therapy devices

1997-11-12

1999-07-06

Kamm, William E.

Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application

Light, thermal, and electrical application

Electrical therapeutic systems

607 60, 128903, A61N 1362

Patent

active

059192143

ABSTRACT:
A method for ensuring two-sided telemetry in implantable cardiac therapy devices by making at least one of the following operating parameters selectable (reversible): (1) the direction of current detection of the telemetry circuitry of the implantable cardiac therapy device; (2) the direction of the magnetic field produced by the transmit coil of an external telemetry device (programming wand); (3) the direction of the magnetic field produced by the T/R coil of the implantable cardiac therapy device; and/or (4) the direction of current detection of the telemetry circuitry of the programming wand. In a presently contemplated implementation, when it is desired to read-out data from the implantable cardiac therapy device and/or to re-program the device parameters, a telemetry operation is attempted in the normal manner, i.e., it is initiated by the programming wand. If the communication is unsuccessful, then the direction of the magnetic field produced by the transmit coil of the programming wand is reversed, and the telemetry operation repeated. If the transmission of command data from the programming wand to the implantable cardiac therapy device is successful, but the transmission of read-out data from the device to the programming wand is unsuccessful, then the direction of current detection of the telemetry circuitry of the programming wand is reversed, and the telemetry operation is attempted again; alternatively, the direction of the magnetic field produced by the T/R coil of the implantable cardiac therapy device can be reversed. Thus, no matter what the orientation of the device and external telemetry device, successful two-way telemetry between the device and the programming wand is possible. Thus, the telemetry can be considered "two-sided". In an alternative embodiment, the telemetry operation can be initiated by the implantable cardiac therapy device. In this case, if the communication is unsuccessful, then the direction of the magnetic field produced by the T/R coil of the device is reversed.

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