Patent ID: 8457736

Claim:
A system for programming an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) including a plurality of functional modules using a plurality of atrial tachyarrhythmia rate thresholds, each functional module of the plurality of functional modules configured to perform a tachyarrhythmia classification or therapy control function using an atrial rate and an atrial tachyarrhythmia rate threshold of the plurality of atrial tachyarrhythmia rate thresholds, the system comprising: a telemetry circuit configured to communicate with the ICD; a user interface including: a presentation device configured to present the tachyarrhythmia classification or therapy control functions to be performed by the plurality of functional modules using a unified threshold value for the plurality of atrial tachyarrhythmia rate thresholds and to present the unified threshold value; and a user input device configured to receive the unified threshold value and to allow adjustment of the presented unified threshold value; and a controller coupled to the telemetry circuit and the user interface, the controller configured to program the ICD by transmitting the unified threshold value to the ICD.