Patent ID: 6553260
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
A medical implant comprising:means for administering a medical therapy having a plurality of working parameters associated therewith; a plurality of working parameter status registers, each of status registers containing a continually updated status indicator for one of said working parameters, said status indicator having either a first state indicating that the working parameter associated with the status registers has a satisfactory value, or a second state indicating that the working parameter associated with the status register has a non-satisfactory value, said status indicator having no other state; a detector adapted to receive an extracorporeally generated interrogation signal regarding one of said working parameters, and emitting a detector output signal identifying said one of said working parameters; a control unit supplied with said detector output signal and connected to each of said working parameter status registers, said control unit addressing the status register for said one of said working parameters and reading out the status indicator thereof; and a response signal generator connected to said control unit and supplied with said status indicator, said response signal generator emitting an extracorporeally detectable response signal dependent on the status indicator supplied by said control unit, said response signal having a first response signal state corresponding to said first state of said status indicator and a second response signal state corresponding to said second state of said status indicator, and no other response signal state.