Clinic based instrument system for remote processing and access to implanted systems information

A system for accessing implanted medical device data, comprising:

• an interrogation appliance adapted for communicating with an implanted medical device;
• a communication network coupled to the interrogation appliance;
• a data processor coupled to the communication network;
• a data presentation unit coupled to the communication network for receiving and presenting data received from the data processor.

A system for accessing implanted medical device data, comprising:

• means for retrieving data from an implantable medical device;
• means for transferring retrieved data from retrieving means to means for processing retrieved data;
• and
• means for transferring processed data from processing means to means for presenting processed data in a viewable form.

A computer-readable medium for storing instructions that when implemented in a medical device monitoring system cause the system to:

• establish a first communication link between an implantable medical device and an interrogation appliance;
• transfer data from the implanted medical device to the interrogation appliance;
• establish a second communication link between the interrogation appliance and a networked processor;
• transfer data from the interrogation appliance to the processor during a communication session;
• convert the transferred data from a device data format to a viewable data format;
• establish a third communication link between the processor and a data destination;
• and
• transfer the converted data to the data destination.