Multi-element acoustic recharging system
    91.
    发明授权
    Multi-element acoustic recharging system 有权
    多元音响充电系统

    公开(公告)号:US08340778B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-12-25

    申请号:US12611686

    申请日:2009-11-03

    IPC分类号: A61N1/00

    CPC分类号: A61N1/3787 A61N1/37217

    摘要: An acoustic energy delivery system for delivering acoustic energy to an implantable medical device (“IMD”). The system includes an IMD having a power source and an energy delivery device. The energy delivery device includes a controller and an array of ultrasonic elements electrically coupled to the controller and configured to deliver acoustic energy to the IMD. Methods of delivering acoustic energy to an IMD are also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 用于将声能递送到可植入医疗装置(IMD)的声能递送系统。 该系统包括具有电源和能量输送装置的IMD。 能量输送装置包括控制器和电耦合到控制器并被配置为向IMD传送声能的超声波元件阵列。 还公开了向IMD传递声能的方法。

    Biased acoustic switch for implantable medical device
    92.
    发明授权
    Biased acoustic switch for implantable medical device 有权
    用于可植入医疗器械的偏置声学开关

    公开(公告)号:US08340776B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-12-25

    申请号:US12054864

    申请日:2008-03-25

    IPC分类号: A61N1/00 A61B5/02

    CPC分类号: A61N1/3787 A61N1/37217

    摘要: Devices, systems, and methods for selectively activating medical devices are disclosed. A medical device in accordance with an illustrative embodiment includes an energy storage device, an acoustic transducer configured to convert an acoustic signal into an electrical signal, a signal detector configured to generate a trigger signal when the electrical signal exceeds a specific threshold established by a biasing element, a control circuit, and an activation/deactivation switch configured to switch the medical device between an inactive state and an active state in response to the trigger signal.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于选择性地激活医疗装置的装置,系统和方法。 根据说明性实施例的医疗装置包括能量存储装置,被配置为将声信号转换为电信号的声换能器;信号检测器,被配置为当电信号超过由偏置确定的特定阈值时产生触发信号 元件,控制电路和激活/去激活开关,其被配置为响应于触发信号在无效状态和活动状态之间切换医疗设备。

    Method and apparatus for intra-body ultrasound communication
    93.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for intra-body ultrasound communication 有权
    体内超声波通信的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08290598B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-10-16

    申请号:US12703427

    申请日:2010-02-10

    IPC分类号: A61N1/36

    摘要: An intra-body ultrasonic signal can be converted into a first electrical signal, a local oscillator signal can be generated in an implantable system. The first electrical signal and the local oscillator signal can be mixed in an implantable system, such as to generate a demodulated signal, processed, such as using a filter. The filtered, demodulated signal can be further processed, such as implantably determining a peak amplitude of the first portion of the demodulated signal received from the filter over a time interval, implantably generating a dynamic tracking threshold that starts at an amplitude proportional the first portion of the demodulated signal and exponentially decays over a time interval, and determining a noise floor in the absence of a received intra-body ultrasonic signal and implantably comparing the peak amplitude and the tracking threshold and generate the digital output based on the difference.

    摘要翻译: 体内超声波信号可以转换成第一电信号,在可植入系统中可以产生本地振荡器信号。 第一电信号和本地振荡器信号可以在可植入系统中混合,例如产生经处理的解调信号,例如使用滤波器。 滤波后的解调信号可被进一步处理,诸如可植入地确定在时间间隔上从滤波器接收的解调信号的第一部分的峰值幅度,可植入地产生动态跟踪阈值,该动态跟踪阈值以与第 所述解调信号在时间间隔上指数衰减,以及在没有接收到的体内超声波信号的情况下确定噪声基底,并且可植入地比较所述峰值幅度和跟踪阈值,并且基于所述差异生成所述数字输出。

    Performance assessment and adaptation of an acoustic communication link
    94.
    发明授权
    Performance assessment and adaptation of an acoustic communication link 有权
    声学通信链路的性能评估和调整

    公开(公告)号:US08126566B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-28

    申请号:US12497183

    申请日:2009-07-02

    IPC分类号: A61N1/00

    摘要: Systems and methods for adapting the performance of an acoustic communication link with an implantable medical device (IMD) are disclosed. An illustrative method includes initiating an acoustic link with the IMD, measuring an initial performance of the acoustic link, determining whether the initial performance of the acoustic link is adequate, adjusting an operating parameter related to the acoustic link in the event the initial performance of the acoustic link is inadequate, measuring a performance of the acoustic link in response to the adjusted operating parameter, and setting the operating parameter to a prior setting if the measured performance of the acoustic link does not improve in response to the adjusted operating parameter.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于适应与可植入医疗装置(IMD)的声学通信链路的性能的系统和方法。 一种说明性的方法包括发起与IMD的声学连接,测量声学链接的初始性能,确定声学链接的初始性能是否足够,在初始性能的情况下调整与声学连接相关的操作参数 声学连接不足,响应于调整的操作参数测量声学连杆的性能,并且如果响应于调整的操作参数而声学连杆的测量性能没有改善,则将操作参数设置为先前设置。

    Method and apparatus for a small power source for an implantable device

    公开(公告)号:US08116861B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-14

    申请号:US12966444

    申请日:2010-12-13

    IPC分类号: A61N1/00

    摘要: One example includes a battery that includes a stack of at least one substantially planar anode and at least one substantially planar cathode, wherein the stack defines a contoured exterior, and a battery housing enclosing the stack, the battery housing defining a battery housing exterior, wherein the contoured exterior of the stack is shaped to conform to a contoured interior of the battery housing that approximately conforms to the battery housing exterior, the battery produced by the process of modeling, using fluid dynamics, an exterior of a biocompatible housing and shaping the battery housing to conform to at least some of the exterior of the biocompatible housing.

    ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    96.
    发明申请
    ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION 有权
    用于双向无线通信的超声波传感器

    公开(公告)号:US20110218594A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-09-08

    申请号:US13038754

    申请日:2011-03-02

    IPC分类号: A61N1/08 G10K9/122

    摘要: A piezoelectric element within an external ultrasonic transducer assembly can be used for wireless communication of data between an implantable device and the external ultrasonic transducer assembly such as using ultrasonic energy coupled to a flexible portion of a housing of the transducer assembly. The flexible portion can be configured to contact skin of a body containing the implantable device. The transducer assembly can be configured to respectively transmit or receive ultrasonic energy using at least partially overlapping respective ranges of resonant frequencies.

    摘要翻译: 外部超声波换能器组件内的压电元件可用于可植入装置与外部超声换能器组件之间的数据的无线通信,例如使用耦合到换能器组件的壳体的柔性部分的超声波能量。 柔性部分可以构造成接触包含可植入装置的身体的皮肤。 换能器组件可以被配置为使用至少部分重叠的各个谐振频率范围分别发送或接收超声波能量。

    DETECTING PROXIMITY TO MRI SCANNER
    98.
    发明申请
    DETECTING PROXIMITY TO MRI SCANNER 审中-公开
    检测临床对MRI扫描仪

    公开(公告)号:US20110160565A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-30

    申请号:US12956034

    申请日:2010-11-30

    IPC分类号: A61N1/08 A61N1/37 A61B5/055

    摘要: A plurality of separate indications of a scanner field can be received using a corresponding plurality of scanner field sensors of an implantable medical device (IMD). In an example, the IMD can be switched from a first therapy mode to a second therapy mode using one or more of the plurality of scanner field sensors, and from the second therapy mode back to the first therapy mode using each of the plurality of scanner field sensors. In certain examples, shock therapy can be terminated or inhibited using a detected proximity of the IMD to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, or antitachycardia pacing (ATP) can be terminated or inhibited using a detected active scan of the MRI scanner.

    摘要翻译: 可以使用可植入医疗装置(IMD)的对应的多个扫描仪场传感器来接收扫描仪场的多个单独指示。 在一个示例中,IMD可以使用多个扫描仪场传感器中的一个或多个从第一治疗模式切换到第二治疗模式,并且使用多个扫描仪中的每一个从第二治疗模式返回到第一治疗模式 现场传感器。 在某些实例中,使用检测到的IMD与磁共振成像(MRI)扫描仪的接近度可以终止或抑制休克疗法,或者使用MRI扫描仪的检测到的活动扫描可以终止或抑制抗心动过速起搏(ATP)。

    Method and apparatus for radiation effects detection
    99.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for radiation effects detection 有权
    辐射效应检测方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07935936B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-03

    申请号:US12361935

    申请日:2009-01-29

    IPC分类号: G01T1/00

    CPC分类号: A61N1/37 A61N1/3718

    摘要: This document discusses, among other things, an implantable apparatus comprising a plurality of solid state electronic circuits disposed at a plurality of different locations in the apparatus, a plurality of ionizing radiation exposure sensors disposed at the different locations and configured to generate an indication of a non-single-event-upset (non-SEU) effect to the solid state electronic circuit from an exposure to ionizing radiation, wherein the ionizing radiation exposure sensors respectively monitor at least two different types of operating parameters of respectively correspondingly located solid state circuits, and a controller circuit communicatively coupled to the ionizing radiation exposure sensors, wherein the controller circuit is configured to quantify the effect to the solid state electronic circuits using the different monitored operating parameters.

    摘要翻译: 本文件尤其涉及一种植入式设备,其包括设置在设备中的多个不同位置处的多个固态电子电路,多个电离辐射曝光传感器设置在不同位置处,并被配置为产生 其中电离辐射曝光传感器分别监测分别对应定位的固态电路的至少两种不同类型的操作参数,其中, 以及通信地耦合到所述电离辐射曝光传感器的控制器电路,其中所述控制器电路被配置为使用所述不同的监视的操作参数来量化对所述固态电子电路的影响。

    DUAL-USE SENSOR FOR RATE RESPONSIVE PACING AND HEART SOUND MONITORING
    100.
    发明申请
    DUAL-USE SENSOR FOR RATE RESPONSIVE PACING AND HEART SOUND MONITORING 审中-公开
    用于速率响应的双用途传感器和心脏监听

    公开(公告)号:US20110077707A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-03-31

    申请号:US12955065

    申请日:2010-11-29

    IPC分类号: A61N1/365

    CPC分类号: A61N1/36542 A61N1/36585

    摘要: An implantable medical device includes a dual-use sensor such as a single accelerometer that senses an acceleration signal. A sensor processing circuit processes the acceleration signal to produce an activity level signal and a heart sound signal. The implantable medical device provides for rate responsive pacing in which at least one pacing parameter, such as the pacing interval, is dynamically adjusted based on the physical activity level. The implantable medical device also uses the heart sounds for pacing control purposes or transmits a heart sound signal to an external system for pacing control and/or diagnostic purposes.

    摘要翻译: 可植入医疗装置包括感测加速度信号的诸如单个加速度计的双重用途传感器。 传感器处理电路处理加速度信号以产生活动度信号和心音信号。 可植入医疗装置提供速率响应起搏,其中基于身体活动水平动态地调整至少一个起搏参数,例如起搏间隔。 可植入医疗装置还使用心脏声音用于起搏控制目的,或者将心音信号发送到外部系统用于起搏控制和/或诊断目的。