Patent ID: 8515539
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. An implantable device comprising: a wireless transceiver configured to establish a communications link with an external computing device and to broadcast data to and receive data from the external computing device; at least one sensor that senses activity including activity of a patient's heart and performance of the implantable device; a memory that stores data indicative of the sensed activity as a full set of data, the memory further comprising a download schedule including a plurality of scheduled downloads; and a processor that analyzes the stored data according to the download schedule; wherein the memory is configured to store an indicator configured to be placed in an enabled condition or a disabled condition by the processor and the external computing device is configured to poll the implantable device to determine whether the indicator is in an enabled or disabled condition; wherein when the indicator is in a disabled condition, the processor initiates a download of the full set of data and induces the implantable device to place the indicator in an enabled condition following a download; and wherein when the indicator is in an enabled condition, the processor initiates a download of a subset of the full set of data, processes the subset of data to determined whether the data corresponds to sufficient change since a previous download based on a plurality of pre-selected criteria, and initiates a download of the full set of data when there has been a sufficient change.