Patent ID: 8874228

Claim:
An implantable system, comprising: a lead system comprising a body portion and at least one electrode attached to the body portion, the lead system being configured for implantation in a patient; a transducer operably connected with the lead system, the transducer being operative to provide a transducer signal that varies as a function of a temperature characteristic of surrounding tissue; an integrated implantable module communicatively connected with the lead system via an extension, the module comprising: a signal generator that provides at least one electrical signal to the at least one electrode via the extension; and a detector configured to provide a detector signal indicative of the temperature of the surrounding tissue based on the transducer signal; and an interface configured to communicatively couple the integrated implantable module with a diagnostic system that is located external to the integrated implantable module via a communications link, wherein the diagnostic system is a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system.