A Software Upgrade Method for Micro-electronics Medical Implants

Author

Yang Cao ; Hongwei Hao ; Lin Xue ; Luming Li ; Bozhi Ma

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. Mech., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006

Firstpage

5009

Lastpage

5012

Abstract

A software upgrade method for micro-electronics medical implants is designed to enhance the devices´ function or renew the software if there are some bugs found, the software updating or some memory units disabled. The implants needn´t be replaced by operations if the faults can be corrected through reprogramming, which reduces the patients´ pain and improves the safety effectively. This paper introduces the software upgrade method using in-application programming (IAP) and emphasizes how to insure the system, especially the implanted part´s reliability and stability while upgrading

Keywords

integrated circuits; medical computing; program debugging; prosthetics; software reliability; implanted part reliability; implanted part stability; in-application programming; memory units; microelectronics medical implants; patient safety; patients pain; software updation; software upgrade method; Auditory implants; Circuit faults; Computer bugs; Costs; Hardware; Implantable biomedical devices; Medical treatment; Microelectronic implants; Pain; Programming profession; in-application programming (IAP); micro-electronics medical implant; software upgrade;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

New York, NY

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0032-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260044

Filename

4462928