PROCESSING AND ACCESS TO IMPLANTED SYSTEMS INFORMATION

摘要

A system for accessing implantable medical device (IMD) data is provided including an interrogation appliance (22) retrieve data from an IMD (10) and transfer the data to a processor (42). The processor (42) converts the device data to a viewable form that is transferred by the processor to a data destination (34). The data destination (34) may be an electronic mail address, a secure web site, a facsimile number or the interrogation appliance. The data is presented in a viewable form at the data destination either on a display or by printing (38). Any number of interrogation appliances (14) may be communicatively coupled to the processor (42) for converting IMD data and providing the IMD data back to a data destination (34) in a viewable form for use by a clinician.