Patent ID: 8644929

Claim:
An implantable medical device including: a. a telemetry unit configured to wirelessly receive data signals and control commands, and b. a control unit: (1) connected to the telemetry unit, and (2) including a comparator unit configured to: (a) compare data signals received via the telemetry unit over a period with data signals generated in or detected by the implantable medical device over the same period, and (b) generate a release signal if the data signals received via the telemetry unit over the period represent one or more features that are similar, according to a defined similarity measure, to one or more features represented by the data signals generated in or detected by the implantable medical device over the same period, wherein the control unit is configured to: i. execute control commands received via the telemetry unit in response to the release signal, and ii. not execute control commands received via the telemetry unit if no release signal is generated.