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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017

Filed:

May. 13, 2014
Applicant:

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mohammad Amin Arbabian, San Francisco, CA (US);

Marcus Weber, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Jayant Charthad, Stanford, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 19/10 (2006.01); H04B 11/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 17/00 (2006.01); H04B 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/053 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 11/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/0024 (2013.01); A61B 5/0028 (2013.01); A61B 5/686 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 17/00 (2013.01); H04B 13/005 (2013.01); A61B 5/0017 (2013.01); A61B 5/0071 (2013.01); A61B 5/0084 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/0538 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 5/14503 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0219 (2013.01); H02J 7/345 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a base unit and a communication circuit that communicate, while implanted in a patient, signals between the patient and at least one device located external to the patient. The base unit also includes a transducer that communicates ultrasound (US) signals between the base unit and the at least one device located external to the patient, and harvests energy carried by the US signals.


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