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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2009
Binh C. Tran, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert S. Harguth, Ham Lake, MA (US);
Bin MI, Plymouth, MN (US);
Keith R. Maile, New Brighton, MN (US);
Binh C. Tran, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert S. Harguth, Ham Lake, MA (US);
Bin Mi, Plymouth, MN (US);
Keith R. Maile, New Brighton, MN (US);
Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An acoustic energy delivery system for delivering acoustic energy to an implantable medical device ('IMD'). The system includes an IMD having a power source and an energy delivery device. The energy delivery device includes a controller and an array of ultrasonic elements electrically coupled to the controller and configured to deliver acoustic energy to the IMD. Methods of delivering acoustic energy to an IMD are also disclosed.