System and method for supplying a patient reminder alert from an implantable medical device

An implantable medical device (IMD) provides an alert to a patient that has the IMD implanted in their body. The alert is used to remind the patient to schedule and/or proceed to a follow-up physician visit. The reminder is also used to remind the patient to initiate a remote communication so that s...

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Main Authors Mongeon, Luc, Burnes, John
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 28.10.2004
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Summary:An implantable medical device (IMD) provides an alert to a patient that has the IMD implanted in their body. The alert is used to remind the patient to schedule and/or proceed to a follow-up physician visit. The reminder is also used to remind the patient to initiate a remote communication so that stored data or other information may be transmitted to a remote computer network or other communication node.