Implantable device, system for generating localised electromagnetic fields in the area of an implant and coil arrangement

US8425395B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NEUE MAGNETODYN GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Werner Kraus · Teublitz, DE
• Stephanie Kraus · Glendale, US
• Heribert Stephan · Hersbruck, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 2008
• Grant date: Apr 23, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 13, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01F5/003
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to an implantable device to be fixed to a bone and comprising an electrically conductive base body provided with at least two through holes and at least one pair of shaft-shaped contact means, wherein each contact means passes through a through hole of the base body and penetrates a section of the bone in an implanted state, wherein the surface of each contact means comprises a first and a second electrically conductive surface section as well as an electrically insulating surface section separating the electrically conductive surface sections from each other, wherein the first electrically conductive surface section electrically contacts the base body while the second electrically conductive surface section is electrically insulated with respect to the base body, wherein each contact means contains a coil arrangement in its interior by means of which the electrically conductive surface sections of each contact means are electrically coupled, and wherein the coil arrangements of a pair are wound in opposite directions.