Cochlear Limited

Gauthier Jodin

Guilhem Yvan Vavelin

Thomas LeRoux

Embodiments presented herein are generally directed to techniques that provide a medical device component with the ability to communicate in both the near-field and far-field via a single antenna arrangement. More specifically, a medical device component includes an electronics circuit, a coil driver, an antenna arrangement, and an isolation circuit. The isolation circuit operates to extract far-field signals received at the antenna arrangement and provide these signals to the electronics circuit. The electronics circuit is protected from near-field signals received at the antenna arrangement via the isolation circuit.

Implantable medical device system with multi-band antenna arrangement

Embodiments presented herein are generally directed to implantable medical devices that are configured for both near-field communication and far-field communication via the same implantable loop antenna. More specifically, the implantable medical devices include implant electronics that are independently coupled to the loop antenna via a transformer and an isolation coupler. The transformer is configured to provide near-field signals received at the loop antenna to the implant electronics, while the isolation coupler is configured to provide far-field signals received at the loop antenna to the implant electronics.

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