Inventors:
David C. Johnson - Inver Grove Heights MN, US
Howard D. Simms - Shoreview MN, US
Kenneth P. Hoyme - Plymouth MN, US
Muralidharan Srivathsa - Shoreview MN, US
Benjamin L. Somberg - Shoreview MN, US
Assignee:
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. - St. Paul MN
International Classification:
A61N 1/08
Abstract:
A system and method for managing locally-initiated medical device interrogation is presented. A noncontinuously coupleable interface is provided over which to retrieve patient data recorded and transiently staged by a medical device monitoring physiological measures of a patient. The patient data is periodically retrieved by interfacing to and interrogating the medical device per a pre-defined schedule defining autonomous patient data retrieval frequency. Further retrieval of the patient data is permitted independent of the pre-defined schedule by enabling operation of the interface based on a remotely-specifiable criteria for controlling locally-initiated patient data retrieval.