Patent ID: 7778710
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A system for controlling interrogation of an implantable device utilizing an external device, the system comprising: said implantable device; a module, in the implantable device, adapted to receive a current request for information to be retrieved from the implantable device; a monitoring module, in the implantable device, adapted to record a temporal history of previous interrogations of the implantable device, to compare the temporal history of previous interrogations with the current request for information, and to decide whether to allow the interrogation process to proceed based on the comparison; and a telemetry unit adapted to establish a wireless communication link with the external device; wherein the monitoring module is adapted to prevent the interrogation process from proceeding when a period of time elapsed since a last request for the information is shorter than a threshold period of time.