Patent ID: 8644930

Claim:
A controller for an implantable medical device having a plurality of electrodes, said implantable device being capable of delivering a therapeutic stimulation to a patient, comprising: a control module; a user interface providing control of said control module by a medical professional; an electrode interface operatively coupled between said plurality of electrodes and said control module; wherein said control module uses said electrode interface to obtain a plurality of measurements of impedance values for a plurality of selected pairs of individual ones of said plurality of electrodes; wherein said user interface displays an indicia, indicative of operability of a group of at least one of said plurality of electrodes, based on a comparison of said plurality of measurements to a predetermined range, said indicia being a qualitative representation of operability of said group of at least one of said plurality of electrodes; wherein said implantable medical device further comprises a plurality of leads, each of said plurality of electrodes being associated with one of said plurality of leads, wherein each of said plurality of electrodes of each individual one of said plurality of selected pairs of electrodes are associated with the same lead, and wherein said control module uses said electrode interface to obtain a plurality of measurements of impedance values for said plurality of selected pairs.