Patent ID: 8757485

Claim:
A medical system, comprising: a medical device configured to deliver a medical therapy to a patient; a clinician programmer configured to program the medical device, wherein the clinician programmer includes: an integrated imaging device configured to acquire a visual representation of the medical device; a touch-sensitive graphical user interface configured to receive a medical device identifier of the medical device through manual user input; a memory storage configured to store patient information; an electronic processor configured to generate an electronic ticket identifying the medical device based on the visual representation or the medical device identifier, wherein the electronic ticket is generated to be devoid of patient privacy information; and a communications device configured to send the electronic ticket to remote devices; and a manufacturing database defined on one or more computer servers configured to store and maintain an electronic inventory of a plurality of types of medical devices including the medical device for which the electronic ticket is generated, wherein the manufacturing database is configured to: receive the electronic ticket from the clinician programmer through communications conducted under a telecommunications protocol; and perform at least one of the following tasks in response to the received electronic ticket: updating the electronic inventory, analyzing a usage trend of the medical device, predicting a potential shortage of the medical device, and suggesting a production schedule for the medical device.