User-attachable or detachable telemetry module for medical devices

    公开(公告)号:US07096068B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-22

    申请号:US10052496

    申请日:2002-01-17

    IPC分类号: A61N1/362

    CPC分类号: A61N1/08

    摘要: An implantable, self-contained, user-attachable or detachable telemetry module plugs into an implantable medical device to provide or supplement one or more telemetry functions needed by a patient having certain health conditions. A user-attachable or detachable telemetry module allows a user, such as a physician or other care provider, to select a telemetry module and attach it to a medical device. Various types of telemetry are implemented as various user-attachable or detachable telemetry modules, each providing one or more telemetry functions suitable for a particular patient whose condition imposes a particular demand on telemetry. A care provider selects a user-attachable or detachable telemetry module most suited for the particular patient, which improves healthcare cost efficiency. One example of user-attachable or detachable telemetry module includes a radio-frequency (RF) transmitter-receiver circuit module and a lead carrying an antenna. In one example, the circuit module is away from the implantable medical device and coupled to the implantable medical device through the lead. In another example, the circuit module directly attaches to the implantable medical device.

    Antenna systems for implantable medical device telemetry
    5.
    发明授权
    Antenna systems for implantable medical device telemetry 有权
    用于植入式医疗设备遥测的天线系统

    公开(公告)号:US07072718B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-07-04

    申请号:US10309337

    申请日:2002-12-03

    IPC分类号: A61N1/37

    CPC分类号: A61N1/37229

    摘要: An implantable medical device system includes an implanted device communicating with an external device via telemetry. The implanted device and the external device each have a telemetry module connected to an antenna system to support a radio-frequency (RF) telemetry link. The antenna system of the external device has a manually or automatically controllable directionality. The controllable directionality is achieved, for example, by using two or more directional antennas, one non-directional antenna and one or more directional antennas, or an electronically steerable phased-array directional antenna.

    摘要翻译: 植入式医疗装置系统包括通过遥测与外部装置通信的植入装置。 植入装置和外部装置各自具有连接到天线系统的遥测模块以支持射频(RF)遥测链路。 外部设备的天线系统具有手动或自动控制的方向性。 可控制的方向性例如通过使用两个或更多个定向天线,一个非定向天线和一个或多个定向天线或电子导向相控阵定向天线来实现。

    Dynamic telemetry encoding for an implantable medical device
    8.
    发明授权
    Dynamic telemetry encoding for an implantable medical device 有权
    用于可植入医疗设备的动态遥测编码

    公开(公告)号:US07519430B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-14

    申请号:US10870324

    申请日:2004-06-17

    IPC分类号: A61N1/00

    CPC分类号: A61N1/37252 A61N1/37223

    摘要: A telemetry system provides a selectable encoding protocol, including, for example, a plurality of redundancy levels, where the encoding protocol is selected based on a measure of transmission efficiency. For example, later messages are transmitted using an increased redundancy if a prior message exhibits a low signal to noise ratio. A communication session is initiated using a first level of redundancy and the level is adjusted based on a channel characteristic or a measured parameter.

    摘要翻译: 遥测系统提供可选编码协议,包括例如多个冗余级别,其中基于传输效率的度量来选择编码协议。 例如,如果先前的消息呈现低的信噪比,则使用增加的冗余来传送稍后的消息。 使用第一级冗余启动通信会话,并且基于信道特性或测量参数调整电平。

    Implantable medical device with fractal antenna
    10.
    发明授权
    Implantable medical device with fractal antenna 有权
    具有分形天线的植入式医疗设备

    公开(公告)号:US08369950B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-05

    申请号:US11262157

    申请日:2005-10-28

    IPC分类号: A61N1/00

    摘要: An apparatus and method for enabling an implanted fractal antenna for radio frequency communications between an implantable medical device and an external device. The fractal antenna may be disposed within or outside of a header assembly of the device housing. Various examples include a three dimensional patterned cylinder usable as a tissue anchor or stent. In another embodiment the antenna may be cast, molded, stamped, punched, milled, laser cut, etched or other methods to form a fractal pattern in conductive media. In another embodiment the antenna may be formed of a printed circuit board (PCB) either with or without an included ground reference plane. In another embodiment the antenna may be formed in a fractal pattern and then wrapped around a part of the implantable device.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于使得植入式分形天线能够在可植入医疗装置和外部装置之间进行射频通信的装置和方法。 分形天线可以设置在装置壳体的头部组件内或外部。 各种实例包括可用作组织锚或支架的三维图案圆柱体。 在另一个实施例中,天线可以铸造,模制,冲压,冲压,铣削,激光切割,蚀刻或其它方法以在导电介质中形成分形图案。 在另一个实施例中,天线可以由具有或不具有附带的地面参考平面的印刷电路板(PCB)形成。 在另一个实施例中,天线可以以分形图案形成,然后缠绕在可植入装置的一部分上。