Patent ID: 8088075
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of identifying an implantable medical device, which is arranged to be disposed in a body, for conducting a telemetry communication session between the implantable medical device and an external programmer device, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting a communication-initiating telemetry signal from said programmer device; receiving a telemetry response at the programmer device from at least one implantable medical device, said response comprising identification information identifying said at least one implantable medical device and intracardiac data derived from a patient in which said at least one implantable medical device is arranged to be disposed; receiving cardiac data obtained from a point on the body of a patient in which an implantable medical device is arranged to be disposed and with which the communication session is to be conducted; and comparing the cardiac data obtained from a point on the body of a patient with the intracardiac data, wherein the device with which the communication session is to be established is identified by means of said identification information if there is correspondence between the cardiac data obtained from a point on the body and the intracardiac data.