A device external to an implantable medical device (IMD) is provided with an accurate reference clock. The programmer receives time data from the IMD and compares that data to time data from the reference clock. Based on this comparison, the programmer determines how much a clock within the IMD is drifting...http://www.google.fr/patents/US20050103351?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US20050103351 - Time syncrhonization of data
Numéro de demande: 10/712,905 Numéro de publication: US 2005/0103351 A1 Date de dépôt: 13 nov. 2003 Brevet délivré: US7317941 ( Date de délivrance 8 janv. 2008)