Patent ID: 8655450
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N,G16H

Abstract:
1. A medical monitoring and treatment system which is controlled by a plurality of control sources, said system comprising, in combination: (a) an implantable medical device (IMD), which is alternatively self-controlled and remotely controlled, said device comprising, in combination: for (b) at least one external control station, each comprising, in combination: wherein P is an integer with a value of at least the number one, and at most the number of said external control stations; and (c) at least one external command station, each comprising, in combination: Wherein said first T/R device transmits at least one first medical information signal to at least one of said external control stations; wherein said first processor is operative to receive said at least one hierarchy-setting signal received from at least one of said external command stations by said first T/R device; wherein in response to said at least one hierarchy-setting signal said first processor is operative to assign a unique priority level to each of said internal and external control signals, wherein the values of said assigned priority levels indicate a control hierarchy among all such control signals; and wherein based on said assignment, said first processor is operative to generate said treatment device signal in response to the control signal with the highest assigned priority level from among said internal and received external control signals; thereby to control the treatment provided by said IMD in accordance with the hierarchy.