Patent ID: 6882982
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: A61B,A61N,G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A medical device manufacturing and supply information management system comprising: a Web-enabled information network having data communications with a medical device manufacturing control system; at least one implanted medical device having specific features, including customized features having customized data sets deployed from a known source, the at least one implanted medical device taken from an inventory; and a medical device programmer in bi-directional telemetric data communication with and capable of programming one or more parameters of the at least one implantable medical device, and the programmer is in bi-directional communication via the Web-enabled information network with the medical device manufacturing control system to provide information to the medical device manufacturing control system about the at least one implanted medical device and to cause the manufacturing control system to initiate a build to order process to replace the at least one medical device in the inventory based on the information provided.