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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2009
Bin MI, Plymouth, MN (US);
Abhijeet V. Chavan, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Keith R. Maile, New Brighton, MN (US);
Bin Mi, Plymouth, MN (US);
Abhijeet V. Chavan, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Keith R. Maile, New Brighton, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for communicating with or powering implantable medical devices using a direct inductive/acoustic telemetry link are disclosed. An illustrative system includes an interrogator device located outside of the patient's body, an implantable medical device including an energy translator circuit adapted to convert inductive or RF signals received from the interrogator device into an acoustic signal for driving an acoustic transducer, and a remote device adapted to sense one or more parameters within the body.