PROGRAMMING SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICES, A SERVER FOR SUCH A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR MANAGING THE SYSTEM

摘要

A system for managing the programming of implantable medical devices is described. The system includes a programmer with a transceiver for communicating with implanted medical devices and a memory. The programmer further comprises a network connection for establishing communication with a remote server through a network and a first machine readable code module arranged to interrogate an implanted device via the transceiver, to obtain identifying information associated with the implanted device, to transmit the device identifying information and programmer identifying information to the remote server, to receive machine readable code for programming the implanted medical device from said server and install said machine readable code in said programmer. The arrangement obviates the need for the operator to recognise and utilise the required or most recent software for operating the programmer. The server takes over the management of the operating software modules and by using the identifying information is simultaneously able to track which programmers and medical devices are running which operating software modules.