Patent ID: 7610065
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: A61B,A61N,H04B

Abstract:
1. A system for communicating with an implantable medical device, the system comprising: a diversity antenna system including a plurality of antennas configured to transmit an outgoing signal to the implantable medical device and to receive an incoming signal from the implantable medical device; a transceiver adapted to transmit outgoing data frames by modulating the outgoing signal and to receive incoming data frames by demodulating the incoming signal, the outgoing data frames and the incoming data frames each being a unit of data including a header, a payload, and a trailer; an antenna interface circuit coupled between the diversity antenna system and the transceiver, the antenna interface circuit including a switch circuit adapted to connect an antenna of the diversity antenna system to the transceiver according to an antenna selection signal; and an antenna control circuit adapted to produce the antenna selection signal, the antenna control circuit including: