SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING BETWEEN AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND A REMOTE COMPUTER SYSTEM OR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER - Patent 1251906

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EP 1 251 906 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	30.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/44

(21)	Application number: 01903104.6

(22)	Date of filing: 18.01.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61N 1/36

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0101/639

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0105/2934 (26.07.2001 Gazette 2001/30)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

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Priority:

18.01.2000 US 176497 P
18.01.2000 US 176498 P
18.01.2000 US 176499 P
18.01.2000 US 176500 P
18.01.2000 US 176501 P

(71)	Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.
	Minneapolis,Minnesota 55432 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HALLER, Markus St. Louis Park, MN 55416 (US) DONDERS, Andrianus, P. CH-1297 Founex (CH) FEREK-PETRIC, Bozidar 10000 Zagreb (HR)

(74)	Representative: Hughes, Andrea Michelle
	Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING BETWEEN AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND A REMOTE COMPUTER SYSTEM OR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER