A system for use with an implantable medical device (90a, 90b), comprising an implant interface device (200) comprising a housing (210) adapted for external mounting proximate to an implanted medical device (100), a first wireless interface (230) including a wireless transceiver for transcutaneously transmitting at least one of power and data to the implanted medical device (100) and transcutaneously receiving communications from the implanted medical device (100), and a second wireless interface (232) for communicating with a consumer electronics device (150), wherein the wireless transceiver of the first wireless interface (230) is an RF wireless transceiver.
