Patent ID: 8768464

Claim:
A programmer for an active implantable medical device of the type for pacing, resynchronization, cardioversion or defibrillation of the heart, said programmer comprising: telemetry means for establishing a bidirectional coupling of said programmer with the active implantable medical device; a user interface, for defining a first set of tests to be performed on the active implantable medical device, and displaying the results of said tests, said first set of tests including at least one selected from among the group consisting of: ventricular sensing sensitivity, atrial sensing sensitivity, ventricular lead impedance, atrial lead impedance, ventricular capture threshold, and atrial capture threshold; and command means for executing a plurality of test steps, each step comprising (i) a predetermined adjustment of the settings of said active implantable medical device comprising at least one of an operating mode, a pacing rate and an atrioventricular delay, (ii) collection of the active implantable medical device operating data following said predetermined adjusted settings, and (iii) processing and display of the data thus collected, wherein said plurality of test steps comprises said first set of tests including at least one step of time compression along which at least some of the atrial and ventricular tests for a same parameter are performed simultaneously, in a non-sequential manner, during a common single step.