An apparatus for the control of a medical implant in a mammal body is provided. The apparatus comprises a first and a second part being adapted to be in electrical connection with each other by using said body as a conductor, in which apparatus the first part is adapted for implantation in the mammal body for the control of and communication with the medical implant, the second part is adapted to be worn on the outside of the mammal body in physical contact with said body and adapted to receive control commands from a user and to transmit these commands to the first part. The apparatus is adapted for communication between the first and the second parts and in that the second part is adapted to receive and recognize the control commands from a user transmitted to the first part for the control of said implant, the first part being adapted to convey such signals to the implant.
