Patent ID: 8423205

Claim:
A control device comprising: a first interface configured to communicate wirelessly with an implant; a second interface configured to communicate with a machine having a machine control system; a memory for a unique identifier, wherein the first interface is configured to receive physiological data or a suitability index from said implant which describes a fitness of an implant wearer to operate the machine, and wherein the fitness of an implant wearer to operate the machine com rises at least a restricted driving fitness category, a conditionally restricted driving fitness category, and an unrestricted fitness driving category; a classification unit configured to store the driving fitness categories of said implant wearer to operate the machine, receive said physiological data, in each case to assign said physiological data to one of a plurality specified suitability classes, generate an index which denotes a particular assigned suitability class, and provide the index as said suitability index to the second interface; wherein the classification unit is further configured to be tailored to physiological concerns of a particular implant wearer, and to requirements imposed for said driving fitness categories to operate the machine; and, wherein the second interface is configured to transmit the suitability index together with the unique identifier to the machine control system of the machine.