Intelligent discovery of medical devices by a programming system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9996669
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11800423

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Techniques for automatically identifying medical devices, e.g., implantable medical device, using wireless communications in order to communicate with the medical devices are described. For instance, a programming system securely discovers a set of medical devices which have the capacity to communicate using wireless communication links. The programming system may then apply one or more search heuristics to identify a set of discovered medical devices that are likely to be a medical device with which a user desires to interact. When the user selects the desired one of the identified medical devices, the programming system launches a device interaction application associated with the desired medical device. The user may use the device interaction application to interact with the desired medical device.

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  • MEDTRONIC INC.

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Drew, Touby A Golden Valley, US 57 4008
Goetz, Steven M North Oaks, US 184 20589
Roberts, Earle T Maple Grove, US 15 457

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