Ultrasonic Communication Phased Array
AssigneeNuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.
InventorsYoungsam Bae, Everett Van Zuiden, Khoa Pham
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an external transceiver configured for ultrasonic communication with a medical implant, the external transceiver including an array of ultrasonic transducers configured to be placed adjacent to a patient's skin and each ultrasonic transducer of the array of ultrasonic transducers configured to send and receive an ultrasonic signal.
Claims20
An external transceiver configured for ultrasonic communication with medical implants, the external transceiver comprising:
- an array of ultrasonic transducers configured to be placed adjacent to a patient's skin and each ultrasonic transducer of the array of ultrasonic transducers configured to send and receive an ultrasonic signal.
A system for ultrasonic communication in medical implants, the system comprising:
- an implant configured to be implanted within a patient, the implant comprising an ultrasonic transducer configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic signals;
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- an external transceiver configured to communicate with the implant using an ultrasound signal, the external transceiver comprising:
- an array of ultrasonic transducers configured to be placed adjacent to a patient's skin and configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic signals.
A method for ultrasonic communication in medical implants, the method comprising the steps:
- implanting an implant within a patient, the implant comprising an ultrasonic transducer configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic signals;
- providing adjacent to the patient's skin an external transceiver configured to communicate with the implant using an ultrasound signal, the external transceiver comprising:
- an array of ultrasonic transducers configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.