Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Medtronic Bakken Research Center B.v.

Michael Marcel Jose Decre

Hubert Cecile Francois Martens

Jeroen Jacob Arnold Tol

Franciscus Paulus Maria Budzelaar

Dirk Willem Harberts

Jacobus Josephus Leijssen

Ke Wang

The invention relates to a probe for an implantable electro-stimulation device. The probe () has a distal end () and a proximal end (), and moreover comprises: one or more electrodes () a shield () of conducting material covering a major part of the probe, said shield extending from the vicinity of at least one of the one or more electrodes () towards the proximal end () or towards the distal end () of the probe (); and a layer () of insulating material covering part of the shield () in the vicinity of the at least one of the one or more electrodes. The shield protects wires (), extending from electrodes to the proximal end of the probe, from undesired interference of external RF fields. The exposed part of the shield not covered by the layer of insulating material serves as a return electrode for the electrostimulation signal path.

Probe for implantable electro-stimulation device

The invention relates to an electronic apparatus () comprising a charging module () for receiving external energy (RF) and for transferring it to a rechargeable energy storage () in a 'charging state'. Moreover, the apparatus comprises a processing module which can be operated in a working state that is enabled if the charging module () is in the charging state and the apparatus is in a standard operating mode. The processing module may for example be a communication module () that can communicate wirelessly in its working state. In the standard operating mode, communication with the apparatus () is thus only possible if the apparatus () is simultaneously charged. The communication module () can therefore be completely switched off during the residual time, thus reducing power consumption and avoiding erroneous communication or misuse.

Apparatus with wireless communication module

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Michael Marcel Jose Decre