Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for supplying energy to an implant
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Application No.: US13123638Application Date: 2009-10-12
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Publication No.: US08612013B2Publication Date: 2013-12-17
- Inventor: Peter Forsell
- Applicant: Peter Forsell
- Applicant Address: LU Luxembourg
- Assignee: Milux Holdings SA
- Current Assignee: Milux Holdings SA
- Current Assignee Address: LU Luxembourg
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC
- Priority: SE0802147 20081010; WOPCT/SE2008/000563 20081010; WOPCT/SE2008/000585 20081010; SE0900493 20090414
- International Application: PCT/SE2009/000457 WO 20091012
- International Announcement: WO2010/042020 WO 20100415
- Main IPC: A61N1/00
- IPC: A61N1/00

Abstract:
A system is disclosed which comprises an implantable electrical medical device (100) with an internal energy receiver (102). The system also comprises an external energy source (104) located externally for supplying wireless energy to the internal energy receiver (102). The external energy source (104) has a primary coil (11) for transmitting energy inductively to a first secondary coil (10) in the energy receiver (102). The system is arranged to measure parameters related to a first coupling factor (C1) between the primary and the first secondary coil (10), and the external energy source (104) is adapted to transmit energy to the energy receiver (102) for enabling the medical device (100) to detect information related to the first coupling factor (C1). The medical device (100) is adapted to wirelessly send feedback information related to said first coupling factor (C1) to the external energy source (104) with the external energy source (104) being arranged to receive the feedback information and to perform a predetermined action based on said feedback information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110196452A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING ENERGY TO AN IMPLANT Public/Granted day:2011-08-11
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