A secure communications and status reporting protocol for implanted devices

Author

Snyder, Alan J. ; Nazarian, Richard A. ; Weiss, William J.

Author_Institution

Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

13-16 Jun 1993

Firstpage

253

Lastpage

257

Abstract

We have developed a protocol permitting an implant to report its status to external monitoring equipment on a periodic basis, while permitting bidirectional communications when necessary. We use conventional means of error detection for outgoing status messages. The bidirectional protocol is designed to operate over a noisy link, having multiple means of error detection and recovery. The protocol was designed to provide wireless communications for artificial hearts and assist devices, and has been tested in animals in that application

Keywords

artificial organs; error detection; protocols; animals; artificial hearts; assist devices; bidirectional communications; bidirectional protocol; error detection; external monitoring equipment; noisy link; outgoing status messages; secure communications; status reporting protocol; wireless communications; Artificial heart; Blood; Circuits; Coils; Communication system control; Control systems; Electric motors; Frequency shift keying; Implants; Protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Based Medical Systems, 1993. Proceedings of Sixth Annual IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Ann Arbor, MI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3752-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CBMS.1993.263010

Filename

263010