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OwnerKate E. Fey, Yitzhak Zilberman +2inventors
InventorsKate E. Fey, Yitzhak Zilberman, Martin J. Vogel, Joseph H. Schulman
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The invention is a method of removing a miniature implantable electronic device by means of an integral eyelet or circumferential ring to facilitate removal of the implanted device without surgery. The string, if radio-opaque, provides a method of locating the miniature implantable device without surgery and attachment of one end of the string to a radio-opaque marker provides a method of locating the end of the string to facilitate non-surgical removal of the miniature implantable device from living tissue. Alternatively, the miniature implantable device may be placed in a silk tube prior to being implanted in the living tissue, to facilitate removal from the tissue. Additionally, the eyelet increases the life of the miniature implantable device, if it is made of a metal, such as platinum or iridium, which has a low metal-to-electrolyte voltage drop by virtue of improved electrical coupling to a saline solution.
A removal system for extracting from living tissue an implanted electronic device, which may be a microstimulator or a microsensor having an axial dimension of less than 60 mm and a lateral dimension of less than 6 mm, wherein said electronic device includes at least two electrodes for delivering electrical signals between the electronic device and the living tissue, said system comprising:
A method for inserting and removing from living tissue an implanted electronic device, which may be a microstimulator or a microsensor having an axial dimension of less than 60 mm and a lateral dimension of less than 6 mm, comprising the steps of:
A method for inserting and removing from living tissue an implanted electronic device, which may be a microstimulator or a microsensor having an axial dimension of less than 60 mm and a lateral dimension of less than 6 mm, comprising the steps of:
An implantable device comprising:
An implantable device comprising:
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