Patent ID: 8346361

Claim:
An implantable medical device system, comprising: an implantable medical device for providing a therapeutic output to a patient; an external patient control unit adapted to be operatively coupled with said implantable medical device allowing said patient to control said therapeutic output of said implantable medical device; and an external energy transfer unit adapted to be operatively coupled to said implantable medical device to transcutaneously transfer energy to said implantable medical device; said external patient control unit having a user interface operable by said patient, said user interface of said patient control unit having a first plurality of icons indicative of a status of operation of said patient control unit, each individual one of said first plurality of icons corresponding to an individual one of a plurality of patient control unit functions or statuses; said energy transfer unit having a user interface operable by said patient, said user interface of said energy transfer unit having a second plurality of icons indicative of a status of operation of said energy transfer unit, each individual one of said second plurality of icons corresponding to an individual one of a plurality of energy transfer unit functions or statuses; at least some of said second plurality of icons of said energy transfer unit being common with at least some of said patient controls and said first plurality of icons of said patient control unit.