Radio frequency antenna in a header of an implantable medical device
US7903043B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 22, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49016
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for enabling far-field radio frequency communications with an implantable medical device in which an antenna structure is disposed within a header assembly of the device. The antenna structure, in various embodiments, includes a monopole antenna, a dipole antenna, an inverted F antenna, a patch antenna and a slot antenna.
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