Patent ID: 7389146
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: A61B,A61N,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating between an implantable medical device (IMD) and an external processing unit, the method comprising: transmitting device data and configuration information from the IMD; processing the device data for display at the external processing unit based on the configuration information; and notifying the external processing unit of a change to characteristics of the device data by transmitting the changed device data and updated configuration information from the IMD, wherein the external processing unit uses a single central processing unit to both execute a desktop application for processing at least some of the device data as it is received from the IMD and load an active program for execution in response to the configuration information received from the IMD, wherein transmitting device data and configuration information from the IMD and notifying the external processing unit of a change to the characteristics of the device data comprises transmitting device data in a first data packet; and transmitting configuration information in a second data packet, wherein the configuration information is structured as at least one tag having a tag identifier and at least one value representing a data parameter.