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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1987
Roland Heinze, Munich, DE;
Hans D Liess, Muensing, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin and Munich, DE;
Abstract
An implantable arrangement for operating a body-assist device, the body-assist device including circuitry for generating electrical signals and also being implanted in a patient, includes circuitry for controlling the generation of the electric signals, a measuring probe in the patient for obtaining signals to be used by the control circuitry, a single current conductor electrically connecting the control circuitry and the measuring probe and forming a first current path therebetween, and spaced electrodes connected to the measuring probe and the control circuitry disposed in the patient with body tissue therebetween such that a second current path is formed in the body tissue.