摘要:
A system and method for waking up an implantable medical device (“IMD”) from a sleep state in which power consumption by the IMD is essentially zero. The IMD may be adapted to perform one or more designated measurement and/or therapeutic functions. In one embodiment, the IMD includes a wake-up sensor that is adapted to sense the presence or absence of a wake-up field generated by another IMD or an external device. The wake-up field may, in some embodiments, be an electromagnetic field, a magnetic field, or a physiologically sub-threshold excitation current (i.e., E-field). Upon sensing by the wake-up sensor of the wake-up field, other components of the IMD, which may include a controller, a sensing and/or therapy module, and/or a communications module, are awakened to perform one or more designated functions.
摘要:
An implantable medical device is adapted for implantation into body tissue. The implantable medical device comprises a housing and a header coupled to the housing. A cavity is located in the header. An ultrasonic transducer adapted to transmit acoustic waves at a communication frequency is located in the cavity, and a coupling surface is interposed between the ultrasonic transducer and the body tissue and is acoustically coupled with the body tissue.
摘要:
An implantable medical device (IMD) is adapted for detecting acoustic chest sounds. The IMD includes a pulse generator having a compartment, the compartment defining an isolated cavity bounded by a back wall. A diaphragm is disposed over and encloses the cavity. An acoustic sensor adapted to sense chest sounds and generate a signal is disposed between the diaphragm and the back wall. The IMD also includes a control circuit disposed within the pulse generator. The circuit is operatively coupled to the acoustic sensor and is adapted to receive the signal.
摘要:
An apparatus and method is presented for an implanted sound sensor wirelessly communicating with an implantable medical device, or with an external monitoring device. The second sensor may be located inside a blood vessel anchored by an expandable stent like device, and may be drug coated. The sound sensor may be a solid-state microphone having a unidirectional characteristic and may be aimed at a selected portion of the heart, lung, or other location. There may be a network of sound sensors forming a local area network with the implantable medical device. The information from the sound sensor may be analyzed, filtered, transformed, compared to a standard and stored in the implantable device, or it may be passed on to an external location. The results of the analysis may be use to initiate a closed-loop treatment by the implantable medical device, such as cardiac pacing or defibrillation.
摘要:
An embodiment of a system for gathering physiologic data related to a human body includes a sensor device implanted in the human body, an inductive coil communicably coupled to the implanted sensor device; and a manager device in communication with the implanted sensor device via the inductive coil. The coil may be wrapped around the sensor device or attached to the sensor device fixation. An embodiment of a method for gathering physiologic data related to a physiologic parameter in a human body includes communicably coupling an inductive coil to communication circuitry of an implantable medical device (IMD), deploying the inductive coil and the IMD into a vessel of the human body, and inducing current in the inductive coil via the communication circuitry, the current representative of data associated with the IMD.
摘要:
A battery management circuit provides an implantable medical device with power management that allows safe and efficient use of a rechargeable battery. Various ways of monitoring the energy level of the rechargeable battery and controlling the battery recharging process for user convenience and safety are provided.
摘要:
A system for determining a patient's posture by monitoring heart sounds. The system comprises an implantable medical device that includes a sensor operable to produce an electrical signal representative of heart sounds, a sensor interface circuit coupled to the sensor to produce a heart sound signal, and a controller circuit coupled to the sensor interface circuit. The heart sounds are associated with mechanical activity of a patient's heart and the controller circuit is operable to detect a posture of the patient from a heart sound signal.
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:
A system and method for charging a rechargeable battery or capacitor in one implantable device using a charger located in a second implantable device is provided. One aspect of this disclosure relates to a system for charging a rechargeable component. The system includes at least one satellite implantable medical device, the satellite device including at least one rechargeable component. The system also includes a master implantable medical device adapted to communicate with the at least one satellite device. The master device includes a primary battery and a charger adapted to connect to the primary battery. The charger in the master device is adapted to charge the rechargeable component in the satellite device. The charger can charge the rechargeable component wirelessly, according to various embodiments. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein.
摘要:
The present subject matter includes an apparatus for positioning in an implant site which includes a hermetically sealed shell having an exterior shaped as a function of hydrodynamic drag at the implant site, turbulence at the implant site, fluid sheer stress at the implant site, and stagnation at the implant site; electronics disposed in the hermetically sealed shell and a power source disposed in the hermetically sealed shell.