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US 7,314,443 B2Granted
Implantable device
AssigneeAllergan Medical S.A.
InventorsAlain Jordan, Jean-Charles Montavon
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Abstract
An implantable device comprising: a stepper motor; a moveable member, moveable by the stepper motor; and an oscillator, wherein the oscillator is influenced by a signal derived from or supplied to the stepper motor to enable information on the moveable member to be fedback to an external controller by passive telemetry.
Claims19
An implantable device comprising:
- a stepper motor;
- a moveable member, moveable by the stepper motor;
- and
- an intracorporeal oscillator,
- wherein the intracorporeal oscillator is influenced by a signal directly derived from or supplied to the stepper motor to enable information on the moveable member to be fedback to an external controller by passive telemetry.
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A method for operating an implantable device comprising:
- providing the implantable device with a stepper motor, a moveable member moveable by the stepper motor, and an intracorporeal oscillator;
- providing an external controller;
- and
- causing the intracorporeal oscillator to be influenced by a signal directly derived from or supplied to the stepper motor, thereby enabling information on the moveable member to be fedback to the external controller by passive telemetry.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.