摘要:
An energy accumulator arrangement for an electromedical implant includes a battery, a capacitor, and a charging device which is designed to supply an electric charge from the battery to the capacitor according to a charging program. A maintenance system for maintaining the energy accumulator arrangement includes a monitoring device contained in the implant which captures a physical parameter value of the energy accumulator arrangement; an evaluation unit for evaluating the captured physical parameter value and generating a resulting evaluation result signal; a transceiver contained in the implant which sends the captured physical parameter value to the evaluation unit, and receive the evaluation result signal generated by the evaluation unit; and additionally a control unit contained in the implant which controls the charging device and the monitoring device, and adapts the charging program as a function of the evaluation result signal.
摘要:
A fluidic device configured for separating components of a fluid includes a flow path within an interior of the fluidic device, and at least one heatable frit positioned in the flow path and arranged to selectively adjust a temperature of the fluid in the flow path within the interior of the fluidic device.
摘要:
An implantable shock electrode line having a proximal terminal for connection to an implantable defibrillator, an elongated flexible line body, and a shock electrode and a drug delivery device arranged at or near the distal end of the line body. A drug depot connected to the drug delivery device is provided in the shock electrode line, and the terminal is designed as a purely electric standard terminal. The drug delivery device is designed for control by an electric pulse transmitted over the electric terminal to the shock electrode line.
摘要:
A device and a method for working in the presence of electromagnetic fields, in particular fields occurring in cautery applications. Also relates to a partially implanted medical device (IMD), having a unit for detecting electromagnetic interference fields, at least one control unit, a timer, and a detection unit for electrical measured variables and/or a stimulation unit, at least one electrode line having an electrode at one end which is brought into contact with bodily tissue, and which either extends inside the body and/or is situated on the surface of an implant, wherein when nonphysiological signals and/or electromagnetic interference fields are detected and the unit for electromagnetic interference fields evaluates the detected signals as nonphysiological signals for a first specifiable time period, and/or for a second specified time period the stimulation unit is placed in an asynchronous operating state in which the wearer of the IMD is asynchronously stimulated.
摘要:
A device and a method for handling and withstanding electromagnetic fields, specifically such fields as occur in magnetic resonance tomography examinations (i.e., MRT or MRI). This refers in particular to an IMD that can transmit data and/or parameters to an MRT device.
摘要:
Device and method for detecting electromagnetic fields occurring in imaging magnetic resonance tomography MRT/MRI tests. Relates to an implantable medical device (IMD) comprising a hermetically sealed housing, control unit(s), detection unit(s) for MRT interference fields connected/connectable to control unit(s) and to electrode(s) and/or to antenna(s) and/or coil(s), wherein the MRT interference detection unit contains at least one electro-optical converter which converts induced voltages from the electrode(s) and/or the antenna(s) and/or the coil(s) to optical signals, which are optically transmitted in a potential-free manner within the detection unit for MRT interference fields to an evaluation unit for the detection unit for MRT interference fields, and when a threshold for the optical signal and/or a predetermined periodic occurrence of the optical signals is exceeded, the evaluation unit triggers switching to an MRI-safe state or transmits a corresponding signal to the control unit(s).
摘要:
A system (10) for managing data transmission for a medical device (20) has several data transmission protocols (15, 15′, 15″), each having a differentiating designation (30). Each of several medical devices (20) have an identification (45) which identifies the medical device (20), and a data transmission interface (35) for data transmission from and to the medical device (20). A management unit (25) has a query unit (45) for the designation (30) of the data transmission protocol (15, 15′, 15″) of a medical device (20) on the basis of its identification (30), and a storage unit (50) for storing data transmission protocols (15, 15′, 15″). The management unit (25) provides, on the basis of the designation query of an external device (55), a data transmission protocol (15, 15′, 15″) from the storage unit (50) which is compatible with the data transmission protocol (15, 15′, 15″) of the medical device (20).
摘要:
An implantable line for implantation in the left ventricle or left atrium of the heart with perforation of the atrial or ventricular septum, having an elongated flexible line body and an electrode and/or a sensor and/or a medication-dispensing device in a distal segment of the line body, i.e., in the left atrium or the left ventricle in the use state of the, such that the part of the line body situated in the blood vessel in or on the heart in the use state is at least partially provided with a surface coating or a surface structure that promotes ingrowth with endogenous tissue.
摘要:
Neurostimulator (20) comprising a signal generator (40) for generating stimulation pulses, connected or connectable to at least one electrode (10) implantable in the brain of a patient, comprising a signal generator control unit (36) connected to the signal generator (40) and designed to control the delivery of stimulation pulses and to make adjustments in signal generator settings as needed, comprising a device connected to the signal generator control unit (36) for determination and analysis of the heart rate of a patient (30, 32, 34), characterized in that the signal generator control unit (36) is designed to check on the health status of a patient and/or the success of a treatment using at least one heart-rate-dependent characteristic quantity determined by the device for determination and analysis of the heart rate (30, 32, 34) and to make an adjustment in the signal generator settings if necessary.
摘要:
Controllable catheter (10) having an elongated shaft (13) which is subdivided into multiple shaft segments, at least two of which are designed as tilt segments (12) and are each connected to at least one adjustment device, so that they can be tilted about a desired tilt angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the shaft (13), wherein each of the at least one adjustment device is individually controllable and allows individual tilting of a corresponding tilt segment about a desired tilt angle.