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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2014
Preciflex SA, Neuchåtel, CH;
Alain Jaccard, Ste-Croix, CH;
Lucien Vouillamoz, Feusisberg, CH;
Yves Ruffieux, St. Aubin/FR, CH;
Dominique Renaud, Nyon, CH;
Johann Rohner, Yverdon-les-Bains, CH;
Preciflex SA, Neuchâtel, CH;
Abstract
A drive system for energizing a device that includes a bellows actuated drive. The bellows actuated drive provides linear forward and backward movement by fluid expansion and contraction of a fluid within a reservoir according to a temperature differential while the reservoir is in fluid contact with the bellows. In one variant, two bellows are configured in a V shaped conformation. Various devices are driven using the drive system of the current invention and include a timepiece, a medical device, an implantable medical device, a cardiac rhythm management device, a hearing aid, a medical micro-injector, a sensor, and a biometric transmitter.