Medical inventory system for maintaining two way data communication about patient cardiac stimulators/defibrillators, using a computerized remote control and interrogation facility for the patients implantable device

摘要

The system includes: (a) at least a medical component of an implantable medical device (10) in a patient (12); (b) a programmed computer (20) which identifies each medical component implanted in the patient; (c) an remote expert data center (62); (d) an interface (20') between the computer (20) and the center (62); (e) a data center which receives data identifying each component implanted in the patient and displays an inventory for each component.