Patent ID: 7003349

Claim:
An arrangement for monitoring operation of an implantable medical device, comprising: a display for displaying respective movable representations of a plurality of objects; a user interface in communication with said display allowing a user to selectively move, on said display, said respective movable representations of a plurality of objects to form a graphical representation on said display of an area of interaction of a medical device within a patient, said graphical representation including at least one independently selectable object; an association unit for associating features for controlling said medical device, selected from the group consisting of parameters and functions, with said objects; said user interface including a selection unit for allowing a user to select at least said independently selectable object; said display being automatically responsive to selection of said at least one independently selectable object to display said feature associated therewith for review of said feature associated therewith on said display; and a communication unit connected to said display for establishing a communication linkage with said medical device, and being operable to selectively implement said feature associated with said at least one independently selectable object.