Centering kit for aligning an external element with respect to an implanted medical device and corresponding method
US10507330B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 24, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02J2310/23
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A kit of parts and a system for centering an external element with respect to an implantable medical device is provided that includes: •An implantable medical device (20) for being implanted under the skin of a patient and having an internal housing with a light source (22) positioned such as to emit a light beam coaxial to a secondary axis (Z2), •An external element (10) having —a number, N>2, of photodetectors (12a-12d) forming a polygon of N edges, normal to a primary axis (Z1), and —an indicator (4) indicating how the external element is to be displaced over the the skin to position the external element with the primary axis (Z1), being coaxial with the secondary axis (Z2), as a function of the energy received by each of the N photodetectors. A corresponding method for aligning the external element and the implantable medical device are provided.
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