Patent ID: 7050857

Claim:
An arrangement for monitoring and controlling operation of an implantable medical device, comprising: a communication unit adapted for communicating with a medical device located remote from said communication unit; a display at said communication unit for displaying a graphical representation of a quantity influenced by operation of said medical device; an association unit at said communication unit for associating parameters relating to control of said medical device with respective shapes of portions of said graphical representation and with relationships between respective portions of said graphical representation; a manually operable selector unit at said communication unit allowing an operator to directly select and move at least one point for selecting and moving points in said graphical representation to alter at least one of said shapes or said relationships to illustrate a desired operational effect of said medical device on said quantity; and a modification unit responsive to said altered shape or relationship for modifying values of the associated parameters dependent on the alteration of the shape or relationship of said displayed graphical representation to obtain modified values, said modified values being communicated to said medical device by said communication unit.