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Implantable pressure sensor device

US10349839B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Jens Philipp · Berlin, DE
Joachim Elsner · Berlin, DE
Sarah Biela · Berlin, DE
Alois Pfenniger · Biel, CH
Andreas Bitzer · Zürich, CH
Henning Ebert · Berlin, DE
Olaf Skerl · Bad Doberan, DE
Andre van Ooyen · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 17, 2016
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 15, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2562/0247
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An implantable pressure sensor device (100) has a housing (10) which is at least partially made of a pressure transmitting membrane (20), and which includes one or more regions which can reversibly deform while maintaining the surface area of the membrane (20) when the internal volume of the housing (10) is changed. The housing (10) has a non-circular cross-section which can deform to a more circular shape when pressure in the internal volume increases. An inner housing is preferably situated within the housing, with its exterior spaced from the interior of the housing, and has its inner volume in fluid communication with the space between the housing and inner housing.

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