CN106621049A - Bridging equipment - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses bridging equipment by which wireless communication is relayed into implantable medical equipment from external equipment. The bridging equipment comprises a portable shell; a logic circuit in the shell is used for transferring the wireless communication, which is received from the external equipment in a wireless mode, into the implantable medical equipment, wherein the logic circuit, as an accessory, serves as a firewall between one or more external equipment implementing the following operations and the implantable medical equipment: inspecting communication in accordance with a connecting state between the external equipment and the bridging equipment, and inspecting communication so as to confirm whether a command, which is implemented in the implantable medical equipment, has potential risks or not. The bridging equipment provided by the invention is smart and convenient for patients to carry. Meanwhile, the bridging equipment is free from a user interface or the bridging equipment is provided with a user interface which is simple and easy to operate. The bridging equipment is low in development expense.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to field of medical device, a kind of being used for radio communication from external-device relay to can is related specifically to
The bridging device of implantable medical equipment.
Background technology
Implantable stimulating apparatus are that the electro photoluminescence for producing and delivering body nerve and tissue is used to treat various biological conditions
Device, such as treating ARR pacemaker, treat the defibrillator of fibrillation of heart, treat deaf cochlear stimulation
Device, treats blind retina stimulator, and the muscle stimulator for helping limb motion to coordinate treats the SCS of chronic ache
The cortex and deep brain stimulator of device, treatment motion and mental handicape, and the other treatment urinary incontinence, sleep apnea, shoulder half
The de- nerve stimulator for withering etc..
SCS (SCS) is the clinically generally acknowledged method for reducing some PATIENT POPULATION's pain.For example, as schemed institute
Show, SCS systems generally include implantable impulse generator (IPG), it includes the biocompatibility housing being made of titanium.Housing leads to
Circuit and power supply or battery needed for often maintaining IPG to play a role, although IPG can also not need battery and pass through external radio frequency
(RF) energy source is powered.IPG is coupled to electrode via one or more contact conductors (illustrating two such leads and 104)
On, electrode forms electrod-array.Electrode is loaded on flexible body, flexible body 108 also accommodate single holding wire and, and coupling
Close on each electrode.In shown scheme, there are 16 electrodes on lead, be labeled as：E1-E16, there is 16 electrodes on lead, mark
It is designated as：E17-E32, but the quantity of lead and electrode can change according to practical application.
Implantation nerve stimulator patient must possess manipulation the capacity of equipment.Generally, whole body pain was completed in one day
Pain positional parameter is arranged.Patient is adjusted stimulator output using outside (long-range) controller and obtains optimal treatment.At patient
In sleep, stand, be seated or drive etc. different states when, it may be necessary to different treatments is arranged.Some settings can be protected
Program is saved as, and is selected by using peripheral control unit by patient.Generally peripheral control unit most common use is to increase or subtracts
Few stimulus intensity, selects the zones of different for stimulating body, or selects to close and open to stimulate switch.
It is currently available that peripheral control unit is developed by medical equipment manufacturers, this exploitation needs great amount of investment.For example, open
Originator must be careful to create user interface for peripheral control unit, make the interface be easy to be found and made by patients and clinicians
With.Therefore, peripheral control unit is typically designed with the user interfaces such as display, button, loudspeaker.For medical equipment manufacturers are come
Say, the exploitation of this user interface costly, and one it is shown after be difficult go again change.
The content of the invention
The present invention devises a kind of bridging device to solve problems of the prior art, and the equipment is compact to be easy to
What patient carried, while easily operated, not or there is a user interface simple to operation.Development cost are low.
For achieving the above object, the technical solution used in the present invention is：
A kind of bridging device, for by radio communication from external-device relay to implantable medical device, including：
Portable enclosure；
Logic circuit in shell is used for transmission and is delivered to implantable doctor by the radio communication of external equipment wireless receiving
Treatment equipment；
Wherein described logic circuit is to perform one or more external equipments in following operation and can plant as accessory
Enter and undertake between Medical Devices firewall functionality；
Communicated according to the connection status inspection between the external equipment and bridging device；
Check communication to determine that being input to the order being performed in implantable medical device whether there is potential safety hazard.
Used as a kind of preferred version of bridging device of the present invention, described logic circuit includes microcontroller.
As a kind of preferred version of bridging device of the present invention, also include：
First telecommunication circuit and first antenna, it is configured to radio and receives communication from exterior antenna, and this is communicated
It is supplied to logic communication；
Second telecommunication circuit and the second antenna, it is configured to receive communication from logic circuit and send radio communication
To in implantable medical device.
As a kind of preferred version of bridging device of the present invention, described the first and second telecommunication circuits and
One and second antenna be arranged in housing.
Used as a kind of preferred version of bridging device of the present invention, described first antenna includes RF antennas, described
Second antenna includes coil antenna, and further, RF antennas include line one pole, the inverse-F antenna of printing, spiral or surface installation electricity
Diectric antenna.
Used as a kind of preferred version of bridging device of the present invention, the medical internal frequency band connection of described application is internal
The bridging device of equipment and contact skin, external application communication bridging device and medical servo, reduce intra-body communication power
Extend use time.
Description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is that communication system is set up between consumer-elcetronics devices and implantable medical device by bridging device.
Fig. 2 is that communication system is set up between consumer-elcetronics devices and implantable medical device by networking and bridging device
System.
Specific embodiment
The present invention is described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and detailed description.
Embodiment 1
Description below is related to purposes of the present invention in SCS (SCS) system.But the invention is not restricted to this purposes.
Conversely, the present invention can be used together with any implantable medical device, communication performance can be so lifted.For example, the present invention
Can serve as adopting implantable sensor, implantable pump, pacemaker, defibrillator, cochlear stimulation device, retina stimulator, configuration
Into the stimulator for producing coordination limb motion, cortex and deep brain stimulator, or it is configured to treat wherein appointing in various disease conditions
A kind of what other nerve stimulator.
Bridging device is present in consumer-elcetronics devices (such as smart phone) and implantable medical device between.Bridging device
Instruction and data is forwarded between consumer-elcetronics devices and implantable medical device.For this purpose, bridging device includes two transceivers：
Communication protocol (the such as Bluetooth TM) operation that one basis is operated in consumer-elcetronics devices, and according to implantable
The communication technology (such as frequency shift keying) operated in Medical Devices operates another.Software application is arranged on consumer-elcetronics devices
On, it provides the user interface for controlling and reading implantable medical device.For example, using is used for and consumer-elcetronics devices
The standard set-up of (wireless network of such as phone) interface downloads application software from the Internet.When with run on consumer electronics
Application when being used in combination, bridging device can eliminate the needs that patient carries the independent peripheral control unit that supplier provides.Bridge
Connect that equipment is preferably compact to be easy to what patient carried.Require simultaneously easily operated, not or have a user interface, but simple easily behaviour
Make.
The preferable shape compact volume and convenience of bridging device 300, its shape and size size is similar to pager or insulin pump.
In most preferred embodiment, bridging device 300 is easy to patient's carrying, i.e., it can be with hand-held or wear on a patient body or at him/her
Clothes (such as pocket or knapsack).Bridging device 300 is substantially rectangular.Bridging device 300 mostly is built-in device, not as bright
Aobvious medical treatment device.Bridging device 300 is generally matched with certain types of IPG 100 or specific IPG 100.
Consumer-elcetronics devices 310 preferably includes smart phone, but it is also possible to including other communication equipment (PDA, flat board electricity
Brain, panel computer or notebook computer etc.).For the ease of operating, first-selected consumer electronics 310, such as bridging device 300,
It is easy to patient to carry.For simplicity, and for the ease of recognizing optimal equipment, consumer-elcetronics devices 310 is special in the disclosure
Phone is commonly known as in profit.
Phone 310 generally has communication (transceiver) circuit for carrying out voice communications versus data communications with cellular network 312
311 and short haul connection (transceiver) circuit 313 for communicating with the miscellaneous equipment closely located, such as vehicle remote letter
Breath processing system, other computer equipments etc..Cellular network 312 may be coupled to other networks, such as internet 350 again.Electricity
Transceiver circuit 311 and 313 in words 310 is operated generally according to different communication protocol.For example, transceiver 311 can be with
Communicate with cellular network 312 via CDMA, TDMA or GSM (being used for voice) or GPRS, GTE, LTE and WiMAX (being used for data).
On the other hand, transceiver 313 is usually used short range protocol and is operated, for example, be used together (for example, with transceiver 311WiFi or).Because phone 310 is entered using pre-existing short range transceiver 313 and bridging device 300
Row communication, so it need not carry out special hardware modifications.Each transceiver circuit 311 and 313 is all coupled to 310 (not
Illustrate) in antenna on.
Customization software application 315 is generally provided by the manufacturer of IPG 100 and bridging device 300.Therefore, manufacturer can be with
There is provided or be used for using web server 360 to provide application to internet 350, wherein it can be downloaded to via cellular network 312
On the phone 310 of patient.It is well-known by the process that application downloads to communication equipment as such as phone, it is not necessary to do
Further explanation explanation.The webserver 360 can substitute the form in application on site shop, such as be managed by Apple
Using shopThe manufacturer of IPG100 and bridging device 300 can be made using 315 only to having bought service program
Patient open, either as nonrecurring charge or subscribed to.Manufacturer can also allow for third party developer's exploitation and repair
Change or improve and apply 315.
Once downloading, can occur on the display 320 of phone 310 as icon using 315.Then, patient can be with
Accessed using icon and apply 315, and be attached with IPG 100 by the bridging device as intermediary.To enter in detail after a while
Row is explained, allows Patients' rights using 315 and monitor his/her operation to IPG 100.When activated, it is possible to using 315
Or communicated using the short range transceiver 317 similar with bridging device 300 of the short range transceiver 313 in phone 310.Cause
This, phone 310 and bridging device 300 are formed using bluetooth TM or other short-range communication protocols by control software application 315
Wireless Personal Network.It is well known that personal area network is to interconnect the device network centered on personal workspace.Although using
The network is wireless during Bluetooth protocols, but the connection between phone 310 and bridging device 300 can also be wired
(not shown).Because phone 310 and bridging device 300 are exactly the design to carry out as thought near patient in design,
It is very wise using such personal area network.
The communication received at transceiver 317 can be Resealed into and be suitable for transmission to IPG's 100 by bridging device 300
Different communication technology.At this point, the microcontroller 330 in bridging device 300 receives the communication received from phone 310,
The microcontroller can be used for any suitable core logic of the equipment, such as microprocessor, logic circuit, PLA (regardless of whether
It is integrated etc.).Microcontroller 330 generally include it is not necessary to single integrated circuit, and any logic circuit and can
Perform function as herein described.Implication described by " microcontroller " widely defines identical with it.
Because IPG 100 is generally included wireless with other equipment for FSK technologies such as described in the background
The transceiver circuit 319 of communication.
So bridging device 300 is further equipped with meeting the transceiver circuit 318 of FSK.(with regard to can used in IPG systems,
The more detailed details of the FSK transceiver circuits that can be realized in bridging device 300 can be special in disclosing for United States Patent (USP) publication
Found by reference to document in profit, patents：2010/0318159).The data that microcontroller 330 will be reformatted
Transceiver circuit 318 is sent to, wherein it is sent to the telemetry coil 213 of IPG further through FSK, is subsequently sent to transceiver electricity
In road 319.Realization will constantly occur from IPG 100 to the communication of phone 310, and wherein microcontroller 330 realizes that FSK arrives bluetooth
Conversion.With as phone 310, IPG 100 does not need special hardware to be communicated with bridging device 300, or is set by bridge joint
Standby 300 communicate with phone 310, as it is as traditional peripheral control unit 200.Note, in bridging device 300 and IPG
It is merely illustrative using FSK technologies between 100, it is also possible to use other technologies.
As just inquiring into, two transceivers 317 and 318 in bridging device 300 are carried out with the different communication technologys
Operation, one of them (bluetooth TM) is that, based on the agreement of radio frequency (RF), another (FSK) is based on different physical knowledges, that is, leads to
Cross magnetic induction coupling to realize.These different types of technologies are optimal, because they can be with traditionally already present phone 310
Realize that technology is matched with IPG 100.However, what these technologies were also merely exemplary.
Notice that peripheral control unit 200 traditional in FIG remains a part for system, i.e., except for the phone of patient
Outside 310 are provided using 315 and bridging device 300, manufacturer still can design and provide traditional peripheral control unit 200
Control and monitoring IPG 100.However, patient need not use peripheral control unit 200, or it is only in case of emergency used,
Or if peripheral control unit 200 cannot be used in the case of use for some reason using 315 or bridging device 300.
Under any circumstance, due to the usual normal portable phone 310 of patient, so patient only needs less, more simple side
The bridging device 300 of Portable belt, rather than need huger, more complicated peripheral control unit 200 to control and monitor IPG100.
Such as the bridging device 300 enabled by the application 315 on phone 310, compared with traditional peripheral control unit 200,
Expected bridge-set 300 will simpler, material benefit.Particularly equipment manufacturers are not necessarily IPG user interface designs hardware and worry,
Because the pre-existing user interface (display, button etc.) of phone 310 can be used.Additionally, this with the interfaces of IPG 100
New method allows manufacturer to add additional function and feature more quickly to improve experience sense of the patient to IPG 100.Additionally,
Due to being locality connection between phone 310 and internet 350, this new method causes manufacturer easily to safeguard and service whole
IPG systems.
Bridging device 300 can be used to that IPG 100 is bridged to including the other types including computer and computer system
Equipment on.In embodiment worker, as shown in Fig. 2 bridging device 300 can be led to by network 420 with personal computer 370
Letter, the network can again include internet.Bridging device 300 can use any wireless protocols different from its transceiver 317
Be connected to network 420, such as already mentioned any long-range or short-range protocols (for example, CDMA, TDMA, GSM, GPRS, GTE,
LTE, WiMAX, bluetooth TM, WiFi or Zigbee TM).Or, bridging device 300 can be wired to network 420.No matter
How bridging device 300 is coupled to network 420, and it can be controlled by the computer 370 for being coupled to network 420, the computer 370
Introduction had been done in runs software application 315.In short, using bridging device 300 as intermediary, patient can use computer
The user interface provided on 370 is controlling and monitor the operation of IPG 100.The user interface is described more fully.
In another embodiment, bridging device 300 can provide built-in Web server, and it provides web interface and allows from any
Bridging device 300 is controlled in web browser, is arranged on phone 310 or computer 270 without specific software installation 315.
In such embodiments, user interface described below can be by the Web server on bridging device 300 rather than application
315 provide.
Although being illustrated to embodiments of the present invention in specification, these embodiments are intended only as prompting,
Should not limit protection scope of the present invention.It is equal that various omissions, displacement and change are carried out without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention
Should be comprising within the scope of the present invention.
Claims (7)
1. a kind of bridging device, for by radio communication from external-device relay to implantable medical device, it is characterised in that bag
Include：
Portable enclosure；
Logic circuit in shell is used for transmission and is delivered to implantable medical by the radio communication of external equipment wireless receiving and sets
It is standby；
Wherein described logic circuit is one or more external equipments and the implantable doctor performed in following operation as accessory
Firewall functionality is undertaken between treatment equipment；
Communicated according to the connection status inspection between the external equipment and bridging device；
Check communication to determine that being input to the order being performed in implantable medical device whether there is potential safety hazard.
2. bridging device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that：Described logic circuit includes microcontroller.
3. bridging device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that：Also include：
First telecommunication circuit and first antenna, it is configured to radio and receives communication from exterior antenna, and the communication is provided
To logic communication；
Second telecommunication circuit and the second antenna, it is configured to from logic circuit reception communication and is sent to radio communication can
In implantable medical equipment.
4. bridging device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that：Described the first and second telecommunication circuits and first
It is arranged in housing with the second antenna.
5. bridging device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that：Described first antenna includes RF antennas, described the
Two antennas include coil antenna.
6. bridging device according to claim 5, it is characterised in that：Described RF antennas include line one pole, the inverted f of printing
Dielectric antenna is installed on antenna, spiral or surface.
7. bridging device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that：The medical internal frequency band connection of described application sets in vivo
Standby and contact skin bridging device, external application communication bridging device and medical servo, make intra-body communication power reduce prolonging
Long use time.
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