Patent ID: 9042996
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: A61N,H04R

Abstract:
1. An implantable medical device, comprising: a first implantable component including wireless communication circuitry; and first and second external component including wireless communication circuitry, wherein the wireless communication circuitry of the first external component is coupled to the wireless communication circuitry of the first implantable component via a first wireless link, wherein the wireless communication circuitry of the first external component is adapted to communicate with wireless communication circuitry of the second external component via a second wireless link, and wherein the wireless communication circuitry of the second external component is adapted to be coupled to the wireless communication circuitry of a second implantable component via a third wireless link; and a controller configured to implement a communication scheme in which the first and second wireless links only operate during different sets of time periods and in which the first and third wireless links during the same time period.