Patent ID: 7794384
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An artificial heart pump system in which a heart pump is implanted in a patient, comprising: a pump control unit to be worn by a patient including a programmable device for adapting a secure aspect of heart pump operation in response to pump operating commands, wherein the pump control unit has a wired interface and a wireless interface; a clinical external unit adapted to be connected to the wired interface for delivering a pump operating command to the pump control unit; and an auxiliary external unit adapted to be connected to the wireless interface for collecting performance-related data from the pump control unit, wherein the wireless interface is unable to consummate a pump operating command; wherein the wireless interface is two-way, wherein the pump control unit further includes a first transceiver, wherein at least one of the external units includes a second transceiver, wherein the programmable device determines presence of the at least one external unit by operating the wireless interface in a polling mode, wherein the programmable device operates the wireless interface in a data transfer mode in response to detecting presence of the at least one external unit, wherein the programmable device disables the receiving functionality of the first transceiver during the data transfer mode, and wherein the programmable device automatically sends the performance-related data over the wireless interface when in the data transfer mode; and wherein the at least one external unit detects an incomplete transmission of performance-related data, wherein the at least one external unit includes an alerting indicator for indicating the occurrence of the incomplete transmission, wherein the pump control unit includes a reset element for being manually activated in response to the indication by the alerting indicator, and wherein the programmable device returns the wireless interface to the polling mode in response to the manual activation.