Auxiliary device for implantable units
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorSudipto CHAKRABORTY
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Abstract
In at least some embodiments, an auxiliary device compatible with a biomedical implantable comprises a first transceiver and a controller coupled to the first transceiver. If the first transceiver receives a wireless data signal from an implantable unit, the controller generates a corresponding data signal for transmission to a wireless network. The corresponding data signal has at least one of a higher power level and a higher frequency band compared to the wireless data signal.
Claims20
An auxiliary device compatible with a biomedical implantable unit, comprising:
- a first transceiver;
- a controller coupled to the first transceiver,
- wherein, if the first transceiver receives a wireless data signal from an implantable unit, the controller generates a corresponding data signal for transmission to a wireless network,
- wherein the corresponding data signal has at least one of a higher power level and a higher frequency band compared to the wireless data signal.
A system, comprising:
- an implantable unit;
- an auxiliary device in communication with the implantable unit;
- and
- a wireless network in communication with the auxiliary device,
- wherein the implantable unit transmits wireless signals to the auxiliary device, the wireless signals having a first range, and
- wherein the auxiliary device transmits corresponding wireless signals to the wireless network, the corresponding wireless signals having a second range that is greater than the first range.
A method for an implantable unit and an auxiliary device, comprising:
- receiving, by the auxiliary device, a wireless data signal from the implantable unit;
- generating, by the auxiliary device, a corresponding data signal for transmission to a wireless network,
- wherein the corresponding data signal has at least one of a higher power level and a higher frequency band compared to the wireless data signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.