Patent ID: 7460910

Claim:
A method for allowing a care provider operating a browser application communicating with a server to modify an operating parameter of a medical device (IMD) implanted in a patient, the IMD communicating with the server via a monitor (IRM), the server storing safety parameter data related to the IMD, the method comprising the steps of: processing an access request received from the browser application at the server to authenticate the care provider; if authentication of the care provider is successful, providing information about the operating parameter from the server to the browser application; receiving an instruction at the server from the browser application to modify the operating parameter; formatting a digital program request from the instruction at the server, the program request comprising a digital identification code uniquely identifying the server; forwarding the digital program request to the IRM for subsequent verification of the digital identification code and wireless transmission of the verified digital program request to the IMD; comparing the instruction to the safety parameter data stored on server; and providing a notice to the care provider if the instructions are inconsistent with the stored safety parameter data.