Method and circuit for monitoring an oscillator in a medical implant
US6944500B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 22, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/3706
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In a method and circuit for monitoring an oscillator in a medical implant, a physiological parameter is obtained from a subject in whom the medical implant is implanted and an electric signal containing a time component, is generated based on the physiological parameter. The functioning of the oscillator is monitored using this electric signal to identify if the functioning of the oscillator deviates from a specified functioning of the oscillator.
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