Patent ID: 6961448
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A user recognition system to identify a user and enable access to instruments associated with at least one implanted medical device, the system comprising: an implanted medical device in a patient; an instrument in data communications with the implanted medical device; a memory associated with the implanted medical device storing coded data representative of biometric traits of authorized users to be granted access to the data communications of the instrument; a sensor unit positioned along the instrument for generating biometric traits of the user; and an analyzer unit determining whether a potential user is authorized to have access to the data communications of the instrument, wherein, in response to the potential user not being authorized to have access, the analyzer unit determines whether the potential user is requesting access associated with an override function and, in response to the access request being associated with the overdrive function, granting a level of access associated with a predetermined authorization level.