Patent ID: 6694191
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N,G06F,G16H,Y02D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A medical system, comprising:a) an ambulatory medical device (MD) comprising MD electronic control circuitry that further comprises at least one MD telemetry system and at least one MD processor that controls, at least in part, operation of the MD telemetry system and operation of the medical device, wherein the medical device is configured to provide a treatment to a body of a patient or to monitor a selected state of the body; and b) a communication device (CD) comprising CD electronic control circuitry that further comprises at least one CD telemetry system and at least one CD processor that controls, at least in part, operation of the CD telemetry system and operation of the communication device, wherein the CD telemetry system sends messages to or receives messages from the MD telemetry system, wherein the medical device further comprises an MD memory for holding an MD program that controls, at least in part, operation of the medical device, wherein the medical device is capable of executing a first type of software that allows communication with the communication device and also allows medically significant operations to occur, wherein the medical device is capable of executing a second type of software that allows communication with the communication device but does not allow medically significant operations to occur, and wherein a reset causes reloading of the second type of software from a non-volatile memory followed by reloading the first type of software from an external RAM into an internal RAM.