The present invention provides for an encryption apparatus, system, and method
in which data from an Implantable Medical Device (IMD) and a data center could
be transferred based on a differentiated encryption system. The encryption scheme
allows for the differentiation, segregation, and classification of data at required
or needed levels of security. Before transfer of the data, either from an IMD or
any other part of a support network for the IMDs, the encryption device begins
to distinguish the data. The variable data is then classified based on various
levels of security having distinct encryption protocols. After classification the
data is encrypted based on the data's level of security. The data is then transmitted.
Upon being received the data is then segregated based on whether the data is encrypted.
The encrypted data is then de-encrypted and interpreted.