Implantable device with flexible interconnect to coil
AssigneeMED-EL Elektronedizinische Geraete GmbH
InventorsErwin Hochmair, Ingeborg Hochmair
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Abstract
An implant for implantation into a person. The implant includes a hermetically sealed housing enclosing electrical circuitry. A first coil is flexibly coupled to the housing such that the first coil is external to the housing and capable of being repositioned relative to the housing. The first coil is capable, after being implanted in the person, of being arranged adjacent a second coil of a remote device, such that first coil and the second coil are inductively coupled. The first coil may be adapted to receive at least one of a power signal and a data signal from a remote source.
Claims35
An implant for implantation into a person comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a first coil flexibly coupled to the housing such that the first coil is external to the housing and capable of being repositioned relative to the housing.
A method of providing an implantable system comprising:
- providing electrical circuitry into an implantable, hermetically sealed housing;
- and
- flexibly attaching an antenna coil to the housing such that the coil is external to the housing and capable of being repositioned relative to the housing, the antenna coil adapted to receive at least one of a power signal and a data signal from a remote source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.