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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2016
Applicant:

Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;

Inventors:

Oliver John Ridler, Cherrybrook, AU;

Kurt Forrester, Bangor, AU;

Assignee:

Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University, NSW, AU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 50/10 (2016.02); A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments presented herein are generally directed to inductive charging techniques in an implantable medical device system comprising an inductive charger and an external component. The external component includes a rechargeable battery and an inductive coil that is configured to form an inductive charging link with a charging coil in the inductive charger to receive power signals from the inductive charger. A voltage increasing converter in the external component is configured to step-up a voltage of the power signals received from the inductive charger for use in recharging the rechargeable battery.


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