Patent ID: 8204588

Claim:
A system ( 10 ) for transmitting control data for a programmable personal medical device ( 25 ), including a source unit ( 15 ), a collection unit ( 20 ), and a personal device ( 25 ), a. wherein the source unit ( 15 ) includes: (1) a data set unit ( 35 ) generating a control data set ( 200 ) having a plurality of control data, (2) a check data unit ( 40 ) generating at least one check datum usable for an integrity check of the control data set ( 200 ), and (3) a transmitting unit ( 45 ) transmitting the control data set ( 200 ) and the check datum to the collection unit ( 20 ), b. wherein the collection unit ( 20 ) includes: (1) a receiving unit ( 60 ) receiving the control data set ( 200 ) and the check datum, (2) a storage unit ( 65 ) storing the control data set ( 200 ) and/or the control data of the control data set ( 200 ), (3) a check unit ( 70 ) checking the integrity of the control data set ( 200 ) using one or more check data, and (4) a transmitting unit ( 75 ) transmitting the control data to a programmable control unit ( 80 ) of the personal device ( 25 ), c. wherein the personal device ( 25 ): (1) includes a programmable control unit ( 80 ) controlling functions of the personal device ( 25 ) in accordance with the control data, (2) transmits the control data to the control unit ( 80 ) of the personal device ( 25 ) only if the integrity of the control data set ( 200 ) is established by the check unit ( 70 ), and (3) executes, in the control unit ( 80 ), the control of functions of the personal device ( 20 ) on the basis of the control data received from the collection unit ( 20 ), d. and further wherein: (1) the source unit ( 15 ) is configured to generate and transmit a subsequent control data set and a subsequent check datum having an urgency indicator after a transmission of the control data set ( 200 ), and (2) the collection unit ( 20 ) is configured to interrupt the processing of the control data set ( 200 ) if the collection unit ( 20 ) receives the subsequent control data set having the urgency indicator.