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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Lewis Puterbaugh, Longmont, CO (US);
Jeffrey L. Jensen, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/0025 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); H04B 5/005 (2013.01); H04B 5/0012 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electric-field capacitive coupler module includes a first processing unit, a first communication interface coupled to the first processing unit, a second communication interface, and an electric-field capacitive coupler that defines an isolation barrier. The electric-field capacitive coupler apparatus is coupled between the first communication interface and the second communication interface.