Implant
AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
InventorsMartin Richter, Lorenz Grünerbel, Sebastian Kibler
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Abstract
An implant which includes: a housing having a chamber; and a sensor unit; a first membrane covering the chamber at a first pressure side and a second membrane covering the chamber at a second pressure side; the chamber includes a pressure transfer device being in contact to the first and second membrane and to the sensor unit arranged within the chamber between the first and second membrane, wherein a sensor control unit arranged within the housing; wherein the sensor unit is configured to determine a pressure difference between a pressure at the first pressure side of the chamber and a pressure at the second pressure side chamber of the chamber.
Claims13
Implant comprising:
- a housing with a chamber;
- a sensor unit;
- a first membrane covering the chamber at a first pressure side and a second membrane covering the chamber at a second pressure side;
- wherein the chamber comprises a pressure transfer device being in contact to the first and second membranes and to the sensor unit arranged within the chamber between the first and second membranes;
- wherein a sensor control unit arranged within the housing;
- wherein the sensor unit is configured to determine a pressure difference between a pressure at the first pressure side of the chamber and a pressure at the second pressure side of the chamber;
- wherein the chamber extends from the first pressure side to the second pressure side through the housing and wherein the housing comprises a diaphragm separating the chamber in a first and a second parts;
- wherein the diaphragm holds the sensor unit;
- wherein the first membrane comprises a first foil and wherein the second membrane comprises a second foil and wherein the chamber is covered by the first foil on the first pressure side and by the second foil on the second pressure side so as to hermetically seal the chamber;
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- wherein the implant comprises a fixture configured to be connected to a body membrane separating the first and second pressure sides, wherein the sensor unit determines the pressure difference between the first and second pressure sides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.