Patent ID: 8751008

Claim:
An interface device comprising: a processor; a user input device; and a display device; wherein: the processor is configured to perform the following in response to user input that is received via the user input device and that is an instruction to change a setting of an implanted stimulation device: update a graphical user interface displayed in the display device to indicate that the instructed change has been effected, without the setting of the implanted stimulation device being changed; and the interface device is: communicatively coupled to the implanted stimulation device, and is configured such that the interface device does not instruct the implanted stimulation device to effect the instructed change in response to the user input instruction; and configured to obtain at least one of upper and lower bounds for the setting, the refraining by the interface device from instructing the implanted stimulation device to effect the user input instructed change being according to a condition that the instructed change is to modify the setting to be at a value that does not meet the at least one of the upper and lower bounds.