The Model 2740 physician programmer is designed for use by a physician to non invasively interrogateand program the IPG. It is the only component in the Inspire system that contains software. Thisprogrammer consists of a tablet computer and a telemetry cable. The telemetry head communicateswith the IPG through the skin via short range radio frequency (RF) telemetry, telemetry communicationallows the physician to noninvasively interrogate and program the IPG. The telemetry head is poweredby a wall outlet connection and wirelessly communicates (via wireless Bluetooth link) with the physicianprogrammer tablet. The physician programmer has the capability to monitor respiratory waveforms,program stimulation modes, adjust stimulation parameter values, and store waveforms and settings.
An assembly of battery-powered devices intended to apply periodic electrical stimuli to the vagus nerve to help control seizures and/or to help treat psychiatric disorder symptoms (e.g., depression). The vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is provided through an implantable pulse generator, typically placed in the anterior chest wall, and leads that run subcutaneously to where their electrodes are implanted around the left vagus nerve. The system may be programmed externally following implantation.