Patent ID: 7894476

Claim:
A system ( 10 ) for managing data transmission for a programmable implantable personal medical device ( 20 ), the system including: a. a plurality of data transmission protocols ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″), each data transmission protocol ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″) having a designation ( 30 ) which differentiates the data transmission protocol ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″) from at least one other data transmission protocol ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″) of the plurality of data transmission protocols ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″), b. a plurality of programmable personal medical devices ( 20 ), each programmable personal medical device ( 20 ) having: (1) a programmable data transmission interface ( 35 ) for a data transmission from and to the personal medical device ( 20 ) using one of the data transmission protocols ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″) of the plurality of data transmission protocols ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″), (2) a control unit ( 40 ) for changing the data transmission protocol ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″) of the programmable data transmission interface ( 35 ), the control unit ( 40 ) accepting a data transmission via the data transmission interface ( 35 ), and (3) an identification ( 45 ) which identifies the personal medical device ( 20 ), c. a management unit ( 25 ) having: (1) a query unit ( 55 ) for a designation query of the designation ( 30 ) of the data transmission protocol ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″) of one of the personal medical devices ( 20 ) on the basis of the identification ( 45 ) of the personal medical device ( 20 ), and (2) a storage unit ( 50 ) for storing at least one data transmission protocol ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″) of the plurality of data transmission protocols ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″), wherein the management unit ( 25 ): i. transmits a data transmission protocol ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″) from the storage unit ( 50 ), on the basis of the designation query ( 100 ), to the control unit ( 40 ) of the personal medical device ( 20 ) to change the data transmission protocol ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″) of the data transmission interface ( 35 ), and/or ii. provides a data transmission protocol ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″) from the storage unit ( 50 ), on the basis of the designation query ( 100 ), to an external device ( 55 ), wherein the data transmission protocol ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″) is compatible with the data transmission protocol ( 15 , 15 ′, 15 ″) of the personal medical device ( 20 ).