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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:
Apr. 14, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2016
Applicant:

Intelligent Implants Limited, Ballintemple, IE;

Inventors:

Erik Zellmer, St. Louis, MO (US);

John Zellmer, Hovås, SE;

Rory Murphy, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/37 (2006.01); A61N 1/378 (2006.01); A61N 1/32 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/48 (2006.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3787 (2013.01); A61F 2/44 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61N 1/326 (2013.01); A61N 1/3605 (2013.01); A61N 1/37282 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3067 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4475 (2013.01); A61F 2002/469 (2013.01); A61F 2002/482 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/40 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02);
Abstract

A system and method for powering a medical device that includes a fixture configured for periodic patient proximity; external electrical coupling device integrated into the fixture wherein the external electrical coupling device comprises at least one external energy coupler and is configured to detect presence of an electrical medical device implant in a transmission zone of the external electrical coupling device; an electrical medical device implant, wherein the electrical medical device implant comprises at least one implant energy coupler; and wherein the external electrical coupling device is configured to couple to the implantable medical device through a wireless energy transmission between the external energy coupler and the implant energy coupler when presence of the implantable medical device is within a transmission zone.


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