Patent ID: 8103346

Claim:
An interface module for facilitating communication and data transmission between a patient implantable medical device (PIMD) and a remote server, the interface module comprising: first circuitry comprising: a first communications interface configured for communication with a PIMD; and a regulatory compliance module having an input coupled to the first communications interface, an output, and a regulatory memory for storing compliance rules consistent with a predetermined medical device regulatory requirements specification which governs at least implantable medical devices including the PIMD, the compliance module configured to moderate communicative interaction between the PIMD and the first circuitry and to process PIMD data in accordance with the compliance rules; second circuitry having an input coupled to the output of the compliance module and comprising: a protocol library comprising sets of communication protocol rules, each communication protocol rule set associated with one of a plurality of disparate communication protocols; and a second communications interface coupled to the protocol library and configurable to implement any one of the communication protocol rule sets, the first communications interface partitioned from the second communications interface such that the PIMD data is communicated to the input of the second circuitry only via the output of the compliance module; a processor coupled to the first and second circuitry, the processor configured to detect a communication protocol used by an available generic network access device of a plurality of generic network access devices and select a communication protocol rule set from the protocol library for implementation by the second communications interface to effect communication between the interface module and the available generic network access device; and a housing configured to house the first communication circuitry, the second communication circuitry, and the processor.