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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Biotronik SE & Co. KG, Berlin, DE;
Inventors:
Kurt Swenson, Dayton, OR (US);
Ramprasad Vijayagopal, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Karl-Heinz Freiberg, Woodburn, OR (US);
Assignee:
BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG, Berlin, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/368 (2006.01); H04B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/37217 (2013.01); A61N 1/368 (2013.01); A61N 1/37512 (2017.08); H04B 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical system contains a first implantable device and a second implantable device. Each implantable device contains a communication unit configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal to the communication unit of another implantable device of the medical system. The first implantable device is configured to periodically transmit a broadcast message to at least the second implantable device using the communication unit of the first implantable device.