Patent ID: 8798762

Claim:
A non-implantable communication device for use with an implantable medical device, a wireless communication device that wirelessly communicates with the implantable medical device, and a remote system with which the wireless communication device can wirelessly communicate when wireless communications can be established therebetween, the non-implantable communication device comprising: an input/output interface configured to communicate with the wireless communication device that wirelessly communicates with the implantable medical device, to thereby receive data associated with the implantable medical device from the wireless communication device; a communication interface configured to communicate with the remote system; and a processor configured to perform a local analysis of data received from the wireless communication device via the input/output interface and associated with the implantable medical device, wherein the local analysis is performed without the remote system; and wherein the processor is also configured to use the communication interface to communicate with the remote system to enable a remote analysis of data received from the wireless communication device via the input/output interface and associated with the implantable medical device; and wherein the communication interface enables wired communication between the wireless communication device and the remote system when wireless communications cannot be established therebetween, thereby providing at least one of a backup or redundant way for sending, to the remote system, data received from the wireless communication device via the input/output interface and associated with the implantable medical device.