Telemetry apparatus and method for an implantable medical device
US6954673B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 19, 2004 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S128/903
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method for enabling radio-frequency communications with an implantable medical device utilizing far-field electromagnetic radiation. Such radio-frequency communications can take place over much greater distances than with inductively coupled antennas.
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