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A programmer operating in association with a diverse number of implantable medical devices (IMDs) is in a bi-directional operable data, voice and video communications with a remote web-based expert data center. The programmer is in telemetric wireless communications with the IMDs. The data center is

A programmer operating in association with a diverse number of implantable medical devices (IMDs) is in a bi-directional operable data, voice and video communications with a remote web-based expert data center. The programmer is in telemetric wireless communications with the IMDs. The data center is equipped to manage the operational and functional aspects of the programmer remotely thus importing expertise to the patient environment. Specifically the communications scheme is scalable and adaptable to enable high-speed interactions between the programmer and the remote center across various communications media. The remote center is able to remotely assess, monitor, evaluate for failure or conduct other performance checks on the programmer to implement a remote solution to those problems. Specifically, by utilizing the robust communication scheme integrated with the remote web-based expert data center, the system enables a real-time deployment of executable software commands to manage the programmer by remotely monitoring, updating software, performing remote repairs or replacement of components and alerting operators to significant problems before they become critical to the optimal performance and reliability of the programmer.

대표청구항 ▼

What is claimed is: 1. A programmer management system, comprising: a remote web-based data center; an implantable medical device programmer in wireless, bi-directional communication with the remote web-based data center and including dedicated software to access the remote data center; and a networ

What is claimed is: 1. A programmer management system, comprising: a remote web-based data center; an implantable medical device programmer in wireless, bi-directional communication with the remote web-based data center and including dedicated software to access the remote data center; and a network connection comprising a communications protocol that emulates a client/server model wherein; means for initiating a connection between the remote data center and the programmer and sending a data set from the programmer to the data center; means for initiating programmer management according to the data set; means for assessing whether the data set relates to programmer trouble shooting; and means for assessing whether the data set relates to programmer performance parameters. 2. The system of claim 1 wherein the remote data center includes a database of clinical data and wherein the programmer delivers various clinical data to the remote data center in management of the database. 3. The system of claim 2 wherein the database includes usage logs, patient data, error logs, and performance parameter information. 4. The system of claim 3 wherein the usage logs include clock/timer data relating to the number of connections between the programmer and an implantable medical device. 5. The system of claim 1 wherein executable commands implemented in the programmer are delivered to the programmer in performance of maintenance including delivery of software upgrades on imbedded systems of the programmer.