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A system and methods for the automatic update of the software of an external programmer implant is that is used to program and configure an active implantable medical device implant and acquire data obtained by the implant. The programmer comprises software composed of an assembly of software object

A system and methods for the automatic update of the software of an external programmer implant is that is used to program and configure an active implantable medical device implant and acquire data obtained by the implant. The programmer comprises software composed of an assembly of software objects. The implant comprises a memory containing parametric data for the functioning of the implant and an assembly of software objects necessary for the functioning of the programmer in connection with the aforementioned of parametric data. The programmer and the implant communicate bi-directionally. The automatic updating preferably occurs by the programmer reading of the memory of the implant, establishing a list of objects that are found in the implant with their respective versions, comparing the list to the objects (and their versions) that are in the programmer software, downloading from the implant of those objects which are not found in the programmer software and adding these objects to the programmer software; and/or downloading from the implant those objects in the programmer software whose version is prior to the version of the object found in the implant, and to replace the programmer software objects, with the more current version.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A system comprising, an active implantable medical device implant, and an external implant programmer, wherein:the programmer further comprises a memory and a software stored in said memory having at least one software object;the implant further comprises a memory containing paramet

[ I claim:] [1.] A system comprising, an active implantable medical device implant, and an external implant programmer, wherein:the programmer further comprises a memory and a software stored in said memory having at least one software object;the implant further comprises a memory containing parametric data associated with the functioning of the implant and at least one software object necessary for the functioning of the programmer in connection with said parametric data, wherein the programmer and the implant further comprise means to establish between them a bi-directional connection to exchange information, and means for allowing the selective transfer of at least a part of said at least one software object from the implant to the programmer; andthe programmer further comprises means for commanding the downloading from the implant of at least a part of said at least one software object contained in the implant memory and storing in said programmer memory the downloaded part of said software object.