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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2009
Hubert Cécile François Martens, Eindhoven, NL;
Franciscus Paulus Maria Budzelaar, Eindhoven, NL;
Jeroen Jacob Arnold Tol, Eindhoven, NL;
Hubert Cécile François Martens, Eindhoven, NL;
Franciscus Paulus Maria Budzelaar, Eindhoven, NL;
Jeroen Jacob Arnold Tol, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system for communicating information between at least two medical devices implanted within the body of a subject using volume conduction of electrical signals as a means of communication and wherein one of the implanted medical devices is configured to provide electrical stimulation to the tissue is disclosed. The system comprises a first implant device having at least two transmit electrodes configured to transmit electrical stimulation pulses, wherein one of the electrodes may be a common return electrode, an encoding means configured to employ a channel as a transmitter transmission medium for stimulation pulses and encoding the information into the stimulation pulses, a second implant device having at least two receive electrodes configured to receive the transmitted stimulation pulses with encoded information, and a decoding means configured to decode the information encoded into the stimulation pulses. The disclosed system provides reliable and efficient communication between implantable devices.