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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2017
Biotronik SE & Co. KG, Berlin, DE;
Christian Moss, Berlin, DE;
Biotronik SE & Co. KG, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
Embodiments include an implant and a method of operating the implant. The implant includes a receiver that receives first ultrasound signals emitted by an external transmitting unit of a further apparatus. The receiver includes a piezoelement, which is excited by the first ultrasound signals at a first resonance frequency (f) and therefrom converts the mechanical energy transferred with the first ultrasound signals into electrical energy. In embodiments of the invention, the piezoelement is additionally excited at a second resonance frequency (f), which differs from the first resonance frequency (f), and at the second resonance frequency (f) operates as a transmitter to transmit second ultrasound signals.