Patent ID: 7060030
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: A61N,G08C

Abstract:
1. An external telemetry interface device to assist in communication between an implantable medical device to be implanted in a patient the implantable medical device carrying an inductive element and an external remote first far-field radio-frequency (RF) transceiver, the telemetry interface device including: an inductive transceiver, configured to be communicatively coupled to the inductive element in the implantable medical device via a mutual inductance therebetween; a second far-field RF transceiver, configured to be communicatively coupled to the remote first far-field RF transceiver; a data buffer, coupled to the inductive and second far-field RF transceivers, to store data from the inductive and second far-field RF transceivers; and a controller, coupled to the inductive and second far-field RF transceivers and the data buffer, to issue control signals directing communication by the inductive and second far-field RF transceivers using data from the data buffer, the controller including a data nrocessing module to alter or remove a first header from data received from the implantable medical device and to provide a different second header to data to be provided to the remote first far-field transceiver.