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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Biotronik SE & Co. KG, Berlin, DE;
Inventors:
Thomas Doerr, Berlin, DE;
Michael Diebold, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
Biotronik SE & Co. KG, Berlin, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/378 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01); A61B 5/07 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); H02N 2/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3785 (2013.01); A61B 5/07 (2013.01); A61B 5/6869 (2013.01); A61B 5/6882 (2013.01); A61N 1/025 (2013.01); A61N 1/059 (2013.01); A61N 1/0587 (2013.01); A61N 1/362 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0214 (2013.01); A61N 1/0573 (2013.01); A61N 1/375 (2013.01); H02N 2/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical implant including an implant body for insertion into a human and/or animal body. The implant body includes at least one first and at least one second contact portion, wherein the at least one first and the at least one second contact portions contact two tissue regions performing a relative movement with respect to one another. The at least one first and the at least one second contact portions are movable relative to one another, wherein a relative movement of the contact portions may be converted into an electrical signal.