Patent ID: 8386043
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: A61B,A61N,G16H,H04B

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting data between an implantable medical device and an external system via radio-frequency telemetry, the method comprising: receiving a channel selection signal; selecting a hop channel from one or more preferred channels in response to the channel selection signal; making the hop channel an active channel; transmitting data between the implantable medical device and the external system using the active channel; producing, by the external system, channel quality indicators each associated with one channel of a plurality of channels, wherein each channel quality indicator includes at least a received signal strength indicator indicative of a strength of signal received through the one channel, each channel of the plurality of channels representing a channel frequency band; receiving, by the external system, an RF channel quality indicator produced by the implantable medical device; and identifying the one or more preferred channels from the plurality of channels based on the channel quality indicators.