Patent ID: 8428745
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for receiving payload data telemetered between an external component and an implantable medical device, comprising: receiving a plurality of packets at a receiving device from a sending device, each received packet comprising packet data and second error detection data determined for at least a portion of the packet data; assessing at least the portion of the packet data using the second error detection data for each received packet at the receiving device, and, if valid, accepting the packet at the receiving device; forming a block at the receiving device using the accepted packets, the block comprising at least the payload data and first error detection data determined at least for the payload data; computing a code for the payload data in the block in the receiving device; and comparing the code to the first error detection data in the block to determine whether to accept the block at the receiving device, wherein one of the external component and the implantable medical device comprises the sending device and the other comprises the receiving device.