Patent ID: 6200265
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for acquiring and storing physiologic data of a patient, comprising:a body implantable medical device (IMD) that acquires the physiologic data and stores the acquired physiologic data in a memory of said IMD; anda patch apparatus for attachment to a patient's skin, comprising:a resilient substrate comprising an adhesive for affixing the substrate to the patient's skin;a receiver device provided on the substrate, the receiver device receiving the physiologic data stored in IMD memory and transmitted by the body implantable medical device;a processor and a patch memory respectively provided on the substrate, the patch memory storing the received physiologic data and storing patient related information;a power source provided on the substrate and coupled to at least the processor and the patch memory; andan output device coupled to the processor and the patch memory, the processor coordinating the transfer of the physiologic data from the patch memory to the output device in response to a transfer signal.