Patent ID: 8521288

Claim:
A system comprising: a local external device configured to provide electrostimuli to a heart via a first lead that includes an external connection, configured to physically connect to the local external device outside of a subject's body, the first lead including an implantable electrode, configured to deliver the electrostimuli to the heart at an implanted location within the subject's body, wherein the first lead extends from the local external device outside of the subject's body and into the subject's body to the implanted location within the subject's body, wherein the local external device comprises: a sensing module, configured to sense an intrinsic electrical heart signal from the heart via the first lead; a memory module, coupled to the sensing module, the memory module configured to store physiological data about the subject obtained by sensing module using the sensed intrinsic electrical heart signal; and a therapy module, configured to generate energy to be provided by the electrostimuli via the first lead; and a transceiver, configured to send at least a portion of the physiological data over a network to a central repository that is configured to use the received portion of the physiological data to program a chronic fully implantable cardiac rhythm management device.