Hybrid communication system for implantable devices and ultra-low power sensors

US9544068B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · US

Inventors

• Mohammad Amin Arbabian · Stanford, US
• Marcus Weber · Forchheim, DE
• Jayant Charthad · Stanford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 13, 2014
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 12, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H02J2310/23
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a base unit and a communication circuit that communicate, while implanted in a patient, signals between the patient and at least one device located external to the patient. The base unit also includes a transducer that communicates ultrasound (US) signals between the base unit and the at least one device located external to the patient, and harvests energy carried by the US signals.