Patent ID: 8401662

Claim:
A system, comprising: an implantable medical device including an acoustic transducer configured to transmit and receive acoustic signals; a communicating device in acoustic communication with the implantable medical device via an acoustic link, the communicating device including an acoustic transducer configured to transmit and receive acoustic signals; a processor configured to: measure at least one performance parameter of the acoustic link; adjust at least one operating parameter of the implantable medical device or the communicating device from a first operating parameter setting to a second operating parameter setting, in response to the at least one measured performance parameter; determine whether adjusting the at least one operating parameter improves a performance of the acoustic link by analyzing a change in the performance of the acoustic link in response to adjusting the at least one operating parameter; and set the at least one operating parameter to the first operating parameter setting if adjusting the operating parameter does not improve the performance of the acoustic link.