after the implant is manufactured and packed it is possible u2014 by a corresponding telemetric command u2014 to separate battery 1 from the energy consuming components 3 of the implant by means of activation deactivation device 2 before delivery of the implant to the final customer the implant is initiated by means of a programming device as shown by fig3 this external programming device 12 comprises a bar code scanner 10 and a telemetric transmitter 11 the bar code scanner reads the bar code located on the implant or on its packaging retrieves the implant specific data and sends these data telemetrically to the implant where these data are stored in memory 6 for further use the information transmitted by transmitter 11 are received by a receiver 7 of the implant and forwarded to memory 6 where they are stored the reading of the bar code and the transmission of the retrieved implant specific data should occur as follows 1 reading of bar code data 2 retrieving of implant specific data 3 transmitting the data to the implant 4 reverse transmitting the data stored in the implant 5 comparing the transmitted and returned data 6 confirming the correct initialization if the transmitted and returned data are correct during steps 1 to 6 the bar code is permanently scanned if a change occurs e g the bar code is removed the initialization process is immediately interrupted without confirmation this feature is meant.