Patent ID: 7769454
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: A61N,G16H

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a remote monitoring device for an implantable medical device, including an interface to a network; and circuitry within the remote monitoring device to: enable bidirectional wireless communication between the remote monitoring device and the implantable medical device via a telemetry link; interrogate the implantable medical device over the telemetry link by initiating a communications session and collecting data transmitted from the implantable medical device in accordance with an interrogation schedule; receive requests via the network interface to schedule interrogations of the implantable medical device in order to collect specified data; combine interrogations scheduled to occur at or near the same time, as a result of the requests, into a single communications session; withhold the combined interrogations until a specified time period for issuing pending requests has expired; and override the withholding when a number of received requests satisfies a request number threshold.