Implanted power source
US4895150A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 24, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 24, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/378
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A housing for enclosing a power source for operating an implanted artificial organ is provided. The housing has an annular rim defining an aperture and is mounted in the human body such that replacement of the power source through the aperture is effected from outside the body without resort to surgical means. The housing is secured in the body by attachment to internal tissue, preferably bone.
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