EXTERNAL CHARGER FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE FOR DETERMINING POSITION USING PHASE ANGLE OR A PLURALITY OF PARAMETERS AS DETERMINED FROM AT LEAST ONE SENSE COIL
    1.
    发明申请
    EXTERNAL CHARGER FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE FOR DETERMINING POSITION USING PHASE ANGLE OR A PLURALITY OF PARAMETERS AS DETERMINED FROM AT LEAST ONE SENSE COIL 审中-公开
    一种可植入医疗设备的外部充电器,用于使用相角或至少一个感测线圈确定的多个参数来确定位置

    公开(公告)号:WO2017218353A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-21

    申请号:PCT/US2017/036841

    申请日:2017-06-09

    IPC分类号: A61N1/378

    摘要: A charging system for an Implantable Medical Device (IMD) is disclosed having a charging coil and one or more sense coils preferably housed in a charging coil assembly coupled to an electronics module by a cable. The charging coil is preferably a wire winding, while the sense coils are preferably formed in one or more traces of a circuit board. One or more voltages induced on the one or more sense coils can be used to determine a phase angle between the voltage and a driving signal for the charging coil. The determined phase angle can then be used to determine the position of the charging coil relative to the IMD. Additionally, more than one parameter (phase angle, magnitude, resonant frequency) may be determined using the voltage may be used to determine position, including the radial offset and depth of the charging coil relative to the IMD.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于可植入医疗设备(IMD)的充电系统,其具有充电线圈和一个或多个感测线圈,所述感测线圈优选地容纳在通过电缆耦合到电子模块的充电线圈组件中。 充电线圈优选是线绕组,而感测线圈优选地形成在电路板的一个或多个迹线中。 在一个或多个感测线圈上感应的一个或多个电压可用于确定电压与用于充电线圈的驱动信号之间的相位角。 然后可以使用确定的相位角来确定充电线圈相对于IMD的位置。 另外,可以使用电压来确定位置,包括充电线圈相对于IMD的径向偏移和深度,可以确定多于一个参数(相位角,幅度,谐振频率)。

    POSITION-DETERMINING EXTERNAL CHARGER FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE
    2.
    发明申请
    POSITION-DETERMINING EXTERNAL CHARGER FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE 审中-公开
    用于可移植医疗设备的位置确定外部充电器

    公开(公告)号:WO2013058955A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-04-25

    申请号:PCT/US2012/057573

    申请日:2012-09-27

    发明人: AGHASSIAN, Daniel

    IPC分类号: A61N1/378

    CPC分类号: A61N1/3787 A61N1/37252

    摘要: An improved external charger for an implantable medical device is disclosed in which charging is at least partially controlled based on a determined position of the external charger, which position may be indicative of the pressure between the external charger and a patient's tissue. The improved external charger includes one or more position determination elements, e.g., an accelerometer or gyrometer, and control circuitry for controlling the external device in accordance with the determined position. The determined position of the external charger can be used to control charging, for example, by suspending charging, by adjusting the intensity of charging, by adjusting a maximum set point temperature for the external charger, or issuing an alert via a suitable user interface. By so controlling the external charger on the basis of the determined position, the external charger is less likely to create potentially problematic or uncomfortable conditions for the user.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于可植入医疗装置的改进的外部充电器,其中基于外部充电器的确定位置至少部分地控制充电,该位置可以指示外部充电器和患者组织之间的压力。 改进的外部充电器包括一个或多个位置确定元件,例如加速度计或陀螺仪,以及用于根据确定的位置控制外部设备的控制电路。 外部充电器的确定位置例如可以通过调节充电强度,通过调节外部充电器的最大设定点温度或通过合适的用户界面发出警报来控制充电。 通过基于所确定的位置来控制外部充电器,外部充电器不太可能为用户造成潜在的问题或不舒适的状况。

    EXTERNAL CONTROLLER/CHARGER SYSTEM FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDING DATA TELEMETRY THROUGH A CHARGING COIL DURING A CHARGING SESSION
    3.
    发明申请
    EXTERNAL CONTROLLER/CHARGER SYSTEM FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDING DATA TELEMETRY THROUGH A CHARGING COIL DURING A CHARGING SESSION 审中-公开
    用于可充电医疗设备的外部控制器/充电器系统,其能够在充电期间通过充电线圈自动提供数据电视

    公开(公告)号:WO2011059643A2

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-19

    申请号:PCT/US2010/053185

    申请日:2010-10-19

    发明人: AGHASSIAN, Daniel

    IPC分类号: A61N1/378

    摘要: An improved external controller / charger system for an implantable medical device is described herein, in which the external controller/charger system provides automatic switching between telemetry and charging without any manual intervention by the patient. The external controller/charger system includes an external controller which houses a telemetry coil and an external charging coil coupled to the external controller. Normally, a charging session is carried out using the external charging coil, and a telemetry session is carried out using the telemetry coil. However, when a patient requests to carry out telemetry during a charging session, the external charging coil is used instead of the internal telemetry coil. Specifically, in one embodiment, the external controller/charger system automatically decouples the external charging coil from the charging circuitry and couples it to the telemetry circuitry. The device and the implantable medical device then carry out the desired telemetry via the external charging coil. After a predetermined time, or after the telemetry session is complete, the external controller/charger system automatically decouples the external coil from the telemetry circuitry and recouples it to the charging circuitry.

    摘要翻译: 这里描述了用于可植入医疗装置的改进的外部控制器/充电器系统,其中外部控制器/充电器系统提供遥测和充电之间的自动切换,而无需患者的任何手动干预。 外部控制器/充电器系统包括外部控制器,其容纳遥测线圈和耦合到外部控制器的外部充电线圈。 通常,使用外部充电线圈进行充电会话,并且使用遥测线圈进行遥测会话。 然而,当患者请求在充电期间进行遥测时,使用外部充电线圈代替内部遥测线圈。 具体来说,在一个实施例中,外部控制器/充电器系统将外部充电线圈与充电电路自动去耦并将其耦合到遥测电路。 然后,该装置和可植入医疗装置经由外部充电线圈进行所需的遥测。 在预定时间之后,或者在遥测会话完成之后,外部控制器/充电器系统将外部线圈与遥测电路自动去耦并将其重新连接到充电电路。

    EXTERNAL CHARGER FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A CONDUCTIVE LAYER PRINTED OR DEPOSITED ON AN INSIDE HOUSING SURFACE
    4.
    发明申请
    EXTERNAL CHARGER FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A CONDUCTIVE LAYER PRINTED OR DEPOSITED ON AN INSIDE HOUSING SURFACE 审中-公开
    一种可植入医疗装置的外部充电器,其具有印刷或沉积在内部壳体表面上的导电层

    公开(公告)号:WO2018017346A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-25

    申请号:PCT/US2017/041191

    申请日:2017-07-07

    发明人: AGHASSIAN, Daniel

    IPC分类号: A61N1/375 A61N1/378 A61N1/372

    摘要: A charging system for an Implantable Medical Device (IMD) is disclosed having a charging coil and one or more sense coils. The charging coil and one or more sense coils are preferably housed in a charging coil assembly coupled to an electronics module by a cable. The charging coil is preferably a wire winding, while the one or more sense coils are preferably formed in a conductive layer printed or deposited on an inside surface of the charging coil assembly housing or on an insulative substrate in contact with the inside surface. The conductive layer may also form traces in the charging coil assembly to couple to various electronic components within the housing, including for example a tuning capacitor for the charging coil, and one or more temperature sensors.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于植入式医疗设备(IMD)的充电系统,其具有充电线圈和一个或多个感测线圈。 充电线圈和一个或多个感测线圈优选地容纳在通过电缆耦合到电子模块的充电线圈组件中。 充电线圈优选是线绕组,而一个或多个感测线圈优选形成在印刷或沉积在充电线圈组件外壳的内表面上或与内表面接触的绝缘基板上的导电层中。 导电层还可以在充电线圈组件中形成迹线以耦合到外壳内的各种电子组件,包括例如用于充电线圈的调谐电容器,以及一个或多个温度传感器。

    IMPLANTABLE STIMULATOR DEVICE HAVING COMPONENTS EMBEDDED IN A CIRCUIT BOARD
    5.
    发明申请
    IMPLANTABLE STIMULATOR DEVICE HAVING COMPONENTS EMBEDDED IN A CIRCUIT BOARD 审中-公开
    具有嵌入在电路板中的组件的可植入刺激装置

    公开(公告)号:WO2015088690A2

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-18

    申请号:PCT/US2014/065036

    申请日:2014-11-11

    发明人: AGHASSIAN, Daniel

    IPC分类号: A61N1/05

    摘要: An improved circuit board for an implantable stimulator device is disclosed having components embedded within the device's circuit board, and in particular having embedded components in the electrodes current paths, such as various numbers and/or combinations of DC-blocking capacitors, EMI filtering capacitors, and EMI filtering inductors. By embedding at least some of these components, the improved circuit board can accommodate additional IPG circuitry, or can be made smaller, which is significant given the trend to increase the number of electrodes in such devices. In a preferred embodiment, at least the filtering capacitors are embedded in the circuit board, while the DC-blocking capacitors are traditionally surface mounted, without reducing the number of DC-blocking capacitors compared to the number of electrodes the IPG supports.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于可植入刺激器装置的改进的电路板,其具有嵌入在装置的电路板内的部件,并且特别地具有在电极路径中的嵌入部件,例如隔直流电容器,EMI滤波电容器的各种数量和/或组合, 和EMI滤波电感器。 通过嵌入这些部件中的至少一些,改进的电路板可以容纳额外的IPG电路,或者可以制造得更小,这是鉴于增加这种装置中的电极数量的趋势而显着的。 在优选实施例中,至少滤波电容器嵌入在电路板中,而隔直流电容器传统上是表面安装的,与IPG支持的电极数相比,不减少直流阻塞电容器的数量。

    CLOSED LOOP CHARGER FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM EMPLOYING REFLECTED IMPEDANCE MODULATION
    6.
    发明申请
    CLOSED LOOP CHARGER FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM EMPLOYING REFLECTED IMPEDANCE MODULATION 审中-公开
    用于采用反射阻抗调制的可植入医疗器械系统的闭环式充电器

    公开(公告)号:WO2013055527A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-04-18

    申请号:PCT/US2012/057593

    申请日:2012-09-27

    IPC分类号: A61N1/378

    CPC分类号: A61N1/3787 A61N1/37252

    摘要: The disclosed system for providing closed loop charging between an external charger and an implantable medical device such as an IPG involves the use of reflected impedance modulation, i.e., by measuring at the external charger reflections arising from modulating the impedance of the charging coil in the IPG. During charging, the charging coil in the IPG is periodically pulsed to modulate its impedance. The magnitude of the change in the coil voltage produced at the external charger ΔV as a result of these pulses is assessed and is used by the controller circuitry in the external charger as indicative of the coupling between the external charger and the IPG. The external charger adjusts its output power (e.g., Icharge) in accordance with the magnitude of ΔV, thus achieving closed loop charging without the need of telemetering coupling parameters from the IPG.

    摘要翻译: 所公开的用于在外部充电器和诸如IPG的可植入医疗设备之间提供闭环充电的系统涉及使用反射阻抗调制,即通过在外部充电器处测量在IPG中调制充电线圈的阻抗而产生的反射 。 在充电期间,IPG中的充电线圈被周期性地脉冲以调制其阻抗。 评估由外部充电器引起的外部充电器DeltaV产生的线圈电压的变化幅度,并由外部充电器中的控制器电路用来表示外部充电器与IPG之间的耦合。 外部充电器根据DeltaV的大小来调节其输出功率(例如,Icharge),从而实现闭环充电,而不需要来自IPG的遥测耦合参数。

    ROTATING FIELD INDUCTIVE DATA TELEMETRY AND POWER TRANSFER IN AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM
    8.
    发明申请
    ROTATING FIELD INDUCTIVE DATA TELEMETRY AND POWER TRANSFER IN AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM 审中-公开
    可移植医疗设备系统中的旋转场感应数据远程和电力传输

    公开(公告)号:WO2009035806A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-03-19

    申请号:PCT/US2008/072879

    申请日:2008-08-12

    IPC分类号: A61N1/372

    摘要: An improved implantable medical device system having dual coils in one of the devices in the system is disclosed. The dual coils are used preferably in an external device such as an external controller or an external charger. The dual coils are wrapped around axes that are preferably orthogonal, although other non- zero angles could be used as well. When used to transmit, the two coils are driven (for example, with FSK-modulated data when the transmitting data) out of phase, preferably at 90 degrees out of phase. This produces a magnetic field which rotates, and which reduces nulls in the coupling between the external device and the receiving coil within the implanted device. Moreover, implementation of the dual coils to transmit requires no change in the receiver circuitry of the implanted device. Should the device with dual coils also receive transmissions from the other device (e.g., the implanted device), the two coils are used in conjunction with optional receiver circuitry which likewise phase shifts the received modulated data signals from each coil and presents their sum to typical demodulation circuitry.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种在系统中的一个装置中具有双线圈的改进的可植入医疗装置系统。 双线圈优选地用于诸如外部控制器或外部充电器的外部设备中。 双线圈缠绕在优选正交的轴上,尽管也可以使用其他非零角度。 当用于发送时,两个线圈被驱动(例如,当发送数据时具有FSK调制数据)异相,优选地相差90度。 这产生了旋转的磁场,并且在植入的装置内的外部装置和接收线圈之间的耦合中减少零点。 此外,实施双线圈以进行传输不需要在植入装置的接收器电路中改变。 如果具有双线圈的设备也接收来自另一设备(例如,植入设备)的传输,则两个线圈与可选的接收机电路结合使用,其同样地相移来自每个线圈的接收的调制数据信号,并将它们的和表示为典型 解调电路。

    EXTERNAL CHARGER FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING AT LEAST ONE SENSE COIL CONCENTRIC WITH A CHARGING COIL FOR DETERMING POSITION
    10.
    发明申请
    EXTERNAL CHARGER FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING AT LEAST ONE SENSE COIL CONCENTRIC WITH A CHARGING COIL FOR DETERMING POSITION 审中-公开
    用于可植入医疗装置的外部充电器,其具有用于确定位置的至少一个感测线圈同心带有充电线圈

    公开(公告)号:WO2017218349A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-21

    申请号:PCT/US2017/036831

    申请日:2017-06-09

    摘要: A charging system for an Implantable Medical Device (IMD) is disclosed having a charging coil and one or more sense coils. The charging coil and one or more sense coils are preferably housed in a charging coil assembly coupled to an electronics module by a cable. The charging coil is preferably a wire winding, while the one or more sense coils are concentric with the charging coil and preferably formed in one or more traces of a circuit board. The magnitude of one or more voltages induced on the one or more sense coils can be measured to determine the position of the charging coil relative to the IMD, and in particular whether the charging coil is (i) centered, (ii) not centered but not misaligned, or (iii) misaligned, with respect to the IMD being charged, which three conditions sequentially comprise lower coupling between the charging coil and the IMD.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于植入式医疗设备(IMD)的充电系统,其具有充电线圈和一个或多个感测线圈。 充电线圈和一个或多个感测线圈优选地容纳在通过电缆耦合到电子模块的充电线圈组件中。 充电线圈优选为线绕组,而所述一个或多个感测线圈与充电线圈同心并且优选形成在电路板的一个或多个迹线中。 可以测量在一个或多个感测线圈上感应的一个或多个电压的大小以确定充电线圈相对于IMD的位置,并且特别是确定充电线圈是否(i)居中,(ii)不居中但是 没有错位,或(iii)对于正在充电的IMD而言未对准,这三个条件顺序地包括充电线圈和IMD之间的较低耦合。