Systems, devices, methods, and computer-readable storage facilitating locating an implantable medical device within a body

A device, comprising:

• a display device configured to output first indicia representative of a location of an implantable medical device within an area of a body, wherein the location is determined based on information indicative of a map representative of respective strengths of communicative couplings between a communications head device and the implantable medical device at multiple positions of the communications head device;
• a media composition module configured to generate imaging information representative of an estimated implant location of the implantable medical device and at least a portion of the body;
• a memory that stores executable modules;
• a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the following executable modules stored in the memory:
• a placement monitor module configured to determine whether placement of the communications head device satisfies a coupling criterion between the communications head device and the implantable medical device;
• and
• an output interface configured to output a placement indication based on a determination that the placement of the communications head device satisfies the coupling criterion.

A computer-readable storage device storing instructions that, in response to execution, cause a device comprising a processor to perform operations comprising:

• generating information representative of respective strengths of communicative couplings between a communications head device and an implantable medical device within a body at multiple positions of the communications head device;
• determining an estimate of a location of the implantable medical device within the body based at least on the information;
• and
• generating imaging information representative of the estimate of the location and at least a portion of the body.

A system, comprising:

• a communications head device configured to determine strength data indicative of communicative couplings between the communications head device and one or more implantable medical devices located within a body of a patient;
• and
• a device communicatively coupled to the communications head device and configured to:
• receive the strength data for the one or more implantable medical devices;
• generate one or more respective electronic maps based on the strength data for the one or more implantable medical devices, wherein a first electronic map of the one or more respective electronic maps is associated with a first implantable medical device of the implantable medical devices and wherein a second electronic map of the one or more respective electronic maps is associated with a second implantable medical device of the implantable medical devices;
• generate imaging information representative of at least one estimated implant location of the one or more respective implant locations of the one or more implantable medical devices and at least a portion of the body;
• determine estimates of one or more respective implant locations of the one or more implantable medical devices within the body based at least on the one or more respective electronic maps;
• and
• display media representative of the estimates of the one or more respective implant locations of the one or more implantable medical devices and at least the portion of the body.