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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2002
Joseph H. Schulman, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Carla Mann, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Lee J. Mandell, West Hills, CA (US);
Joseph H. Schulman, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Carla Mann, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Lee J. Mandell, West Hills, CA (US);
Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A full-body charger for charging one or more battery-powered devices wherein such devices are configured for implanting beneath a patient's skin for the purpose of tissue, e.g., nerve or muscle, stimulation and/or parameter monitoring and/or data communication. Devices in accordance with the invention include a support structure, typically chair-shaped or bed-shaped, capable of supporting a patient's body while providing a magnetic field to one or more of the implanted devices using one or more coils mounted within for providing power to the implanted devices. Consequently, in a preferred embodiment, a single, generally sequential, charging cycle can charge all of the implanted devices and thus minimize the charge time requirements for a patient and accordingly improve the patient's life style.