Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Miniaturized wireless ultrasound energy transfer system for powering a bio-implantable medical device
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Application No.: US15587815Application Date: 2017-05-05
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Publication No.: US10252066B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Leon J. Radziemski , Inder Raj Singh Makin , Harry Jabs , Juan Carlos Lopez Tonazzi
- Applicant: Piezo Energy Technologies LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Tucson
- Assignee: Piezo Energy Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee: Piezo Energy Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Tucson
- Agency: Intrinsic Law Corp.
- Main IPC: A61N1/00
- IPC: A61N1/00 ; A61N1/378 ; A61N1/372 ; A61N1/02 ; H02J50/15 ; A61B5/00

Abstract:
A system for providing energy to a bio-implantable medical device includes an acoustic energy delivery device and a bio-implantable electroacoustical energy converter. The acoustic energy delivery device generates acoustic energy with a multi-dimensional array of transmitting electroacoustical transducers. The acoustic energy is received by one or more receiving electroacoustical transducers in the bio-implantable electroacoustical energy converter. The receiving electroacoustical transducers convert the acoustic energy to electrical energy to power the bio-implantable medical device directly or indirectly. An external alignment system provides lateral and/or angular positioning of an ultrasound energy transmitter over an ultrasound energy receiver. The acoustic energy transmitter alignment system comprises either or both x-y-z plus angular positioning components, and/or a substantially multi-dimensional array of transmitters plus position sensors in both the transmitter and receiver units.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170319858A1 Miniaturized Wireless Ultrasound Energy Transfer System for Powering a Bio-Implantable Medical Device Public/Granted day:2017-11-09
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