Patent ID: 6470215
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: A61B,A61N,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of monitoring patients with at least one electromedical implant, provided with a first transmitting/receiving device and at least one associated external apparatus provided with a second transmitting/receiving device, the method comprising:making at least one first data transmission between the first and second transmitting/receiving devices wherein at least first data are transmitted from the implant to the external apparatus; and making at least one second data transmission of the at least one data between the external apparatus and at least one central storage arrangement for the storage of the at least first data transmitted from the implant to the external apparatus, and making the second data transmission by means of a telecommunication connection between the external apparatus and the central storage arrangement at least in part by way of a mobile radio network, with the at least first data being transmitted to the central storage arrangement by the mobile radio network in at least one Short Message String (SM-string), sending a time signature of a SM-String by way of the telecommunication connection to the external apparatus, and time synchronizing the external apparatus with said time signature.