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Implantable medical device, medical system and method for data communication

US9381365B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Andrew B. Kibler · Lake Oswego, US
J. Christopher Moulder · Portland, US
R. Hollis Whittington · Portland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 16, 2014
Grant date	Jul 5, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 25, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/378
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An implantable medical device including a data communication device that includes a device to alter and/or generate an oscillatory electric field imposed on body tissue surrounding the implantable medical device when the implantable medical device is in its implanted state. The device that alters an oscillatory electric field modulates an impedance of body tissue surrounding the implantable medical device when the implantable medical device is in its implanted state and within an oscillatory electric field. The device that alters an oscillatory electric field includes a device that generates an oscillatory electric field that is phase-synchronized with an oscillatory electric field imposed on body tissue surrounding the implantable medical device when the implantable medical device is in its implanted state.

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