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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2009
Robert A. Stevenson, Canyon Country, CA (US);
Christine A. Frysz, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Scott W. Kelley, Canyon Country, CA (US);
Geddes Frank Owen Tyers, Vancouver, CA;
Robert A. Stevenson, Canyon Country, CA (US);
Christine A. Frysz, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Scott W. Kelley, Canyon Country, CA (US);
Geddes Frank Owen Tyers, Vancouver, CA;
Greatbatch Ltd., Clarence, NY (US);
Abstract
A non-hermetically sealed and biocompatible multi-turn RFID loop antenna is electrically connected to a RFID chip which is enclosed within its own hermetically sealed miniature container. The hermetic seal can be very small and the loop antenna can be relatively large, wherein the entire package is both highly reliable, resistant to body fluids and completely biocompatible. The RFID structure can be implanted in a patient and later communicate with an RFID interrogator to provide information relating to the patient and/or implantable medical devices.