Patent ID: 9098610
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A61N,G06Q,G16H,H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating between an implanted device implanted in a patient and an external device external to the patient, the method comprising: receiving, by the implanted device, a first data block of a defined size; monitoring the first data block for a first flag indicating whether the first data block is an initial data block in a message or a subsequent data block in a multiple data block message; when the first flag indicates that the first data block is the initial data block in the message, monitoring the first data block for a fixed device ID, when the first flag indicates that the first data block is the initial data block in the message, monitoring the first data block for a command token indicating the type of message that is being received; when the first flag indicates that the first data block is the initial data block in the message, storing message content from the first data block to a memory of the implanted device; when the first flag indicates that the first data block is a subsequent data block in a multiple data block message, appending message content from the first data block to message content stored in the memory from a previously received data block; receiving, by the implanted device, a second data block of the defined size; monitoring the second data block for a first flag indicating whether the second data block is an initial data block in a second message or a subsequent data block in the same message as the first data block; and when the first flag of the second data block indicates that the second data block is the initial data block in a second message, monitoring the second data block for a fixed device ID,