Patent ID: 7072802

Claim:
An implantable drug delivery device having a performance data reporting feature, comprising: (a) a housing; (b) a drug reservoir positioned in the housing and configured to contain a therapeutic substance; (c) a pump fluidly coupled to the drug reservoir; (d) electronics positioned in the housing and coupled to the pump and a power source, the electronics including a memory, the memory containing pump performance acquisition instructions; (d) a flow control module coupled to the memory for controlling the flow of the therapeutic substance directed from the drug reservoir through an infusion port by the pump; (e) a telemetry module coupled to the memory; (f) at least one monitoring module coupled to the memory that monitors at least one pump operation variable according to the pump performance acquisition instructions to produce performance data; and (g) at least one reporting module coupled to the memory, the reporting module configured to activate the telemetry module to report performance data.