Patent ID: 6482154
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: A61B,A61N,Y10S

Abstract:
A medical device system, comprising:an external medical device generating downlink telemetry transmissions to and receiving uplink telemetry transmissions from a plurality of implantable medical devices, the external medical device simultaneously transmitting a first signal to a plurality of implantable medical devices; and a transceiver, located in the plurality of implantable medical devices, generating uplink telemetry transmissions to and receiving downlink telemetry transmissions from the external medical device, the transceiver transmitting a second signal in response to the first signal, wherein the external medical device selects a desired implantable medical device from the plurality of implantable medical devices based on the second signal, and initiates a telemetry session with the selected implantable medical device subsequent to selecting the desired implantable medical device, and wherein the selected implantable medical device generates a third signal enabling the external medical device to verify that the telemetry session has been initiated by the external medical device with the selected implantable medical device.