RFID detection and identification system for implantable medical devices
US8093991B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 17, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K19/07758
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An RFID tag is disposed within a hermetically sealed housing of an IMD. Low frequency RFID interrogators and tags are used, and the housing walls are made of materials, and/or are reduced in thickness, to facilitate RF communication between the RFID tag and an RFID reader/interrogator programmer. An RFID reader/interrogator may be used which has a limited transmit time and time-out period to avoid interference with the operation of the IMD.
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