摘要:
A biocompatible medical implant has at least one part thereof composed of ceramic material with the formula NaxKyNbO3, wherein 0≦x≦0.8, 0.2≦y≦1, and x+y=1. The ceramic material can be polarized to give the implant spatially varying piezoelectric properties. Signals can be measured from the respective piezoelectric regions of the selectively polarized ceramic material to provide an indication of the degree of fixation of the implant to surrounding tissue.
摘要翻译:生物相容性医用植入体至少有一部分由具有式NaxKyNbO3的陶瓷材料构成,其中0≤x≤0.8,0.2≤y≤1且x + y = 1。 陶瓷材料可以被极化以给予植入物空间上变化的压电性质。 可以从选择性极化的陶瓷材料的各个压电区域测量信号,以提供植入物到周围组织的固定程度的指示。
摘要:
A fluid pressure sensor for a lead or catheter intended for placement in a living organism, such as a human heart, includes a rigid annular or tubular supporting structure and a piezoelectric element disposed on at least a portion of the outer surface thereof. The piezoelectric element delivers an electrical signal when subjected to a pressure variation, and exhibits circumferential sensitivity. The rigidity of the sensor is defined to satisfy predetermined criteria to ensure that the sensor, when sensing pressure transferred to the sensor through an on-growth of tissue on the sensor, which is at least 90% of the signal which the sensor would emit without the on-growth.
摘要:
In an apparatus for determining the actual status of a piezoelectric sensor in a medical implant, electrical charges generated in the sensor, in response to changes in acceleration and/or gravitational force or other loads acting on the sensor, are continuously detected and the charges are then removed from the sensor, thereby maintaining the voltage across the sensor at a substantial constant zero level. The detected charges, both negative and positive, are integrated, thereby providing a resulting integrated signal representing the actual status of the sensor. The integrated signal is then evaluated for determining the physical activity and/or the posture of a patient in whom the medical implant is implanted.
摘要:
A medical implant has an element with at least a part thereof which is composed of piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric material is suitable for contact with body tissue and/or body fluids, and has the formula NaxKyNbO3, with 0≦x≦0.8, 0.2≦y≦1, and x+y=1.
摘要翻译:医疗植入物具有至少一部分由压电材料构成的元件。 压电材料适于与身体组织和/或体液接触,并且具有公式NaxKyNbO3,其中0 <= x <= 0.8,0.2 <= y <= 1,x + y = 1。