Patent ID: 7908334
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a plurality of slave devices implanted in a human body, wherein each slave device includes a communication module operable to receive transmitted communications, and wherein each slave device is associated with a permanent device identifier; a master device implanted in the human body, the master device including a communications module operable to address a first communication to a selected one of the slave devices using the permanent device identifier associated with the selected slave device, wherein the first communication includes a local identifier assigned to the selected slave device, wherein the assigned local identifier does not match any other local identifier assigned to any other slave device implanted in the human body, and wherein subsequent communications are addressed to the selected slave device using the assigned local identifier; and wherein after a power reset of the selected slave device, the selected slave device is further operable to perform commands addressed to the selected slave device with the assigned local identifier, but that do not include the permanent device identifier of the selected slave device.