Patent ID: 7236833

Claim:
A process for managing medical data acquired by a memory of an active implantable medical device, comprising: providing a programmer having a first micro-computer and a telemetry system to communicate with an active implantable medical device memory for use by an electrophysiologist, reading through telemetry medical data stored in the memory of said implantable device, creating a data file in said first micro-computer, wherein said data file comprises a first field for patient identification, a second field storing a selection of read medical data, and a third field for an electronic address of a follow-up practitioner, providing a second micro-computer, for use by said follow-up practitioner, identifying the follow-up practitioner through the corresponding electronic address field stored in the data file in the first micro-computer, downloading the selected medical data stored in said first micro-computer to said second micro-computer and exclusively to the identified follow-up practitioner, and displaying the downloaded selected medical data at said second micro-computer.