Medical implant with contact portions that converts movement from the contact portions into an electrical signal

US9827429B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Doerr · Berlin, DE
• Michael Diebold · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 28, 2017
• Expiry date: Oct 20, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H02N2/18
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical implant including an implant body for insertion into a human and/or animal body. The implant body includes at least one first and at least one second contact portion, wherein the at least one first and the at least one second contact portions contact two tissue regions performing a relative movement with respect to one another. The at least one first and the at least one second contact portions are movable relative to one another, wherein a relative movement of the contact portions may be converted into an electrical signal.