Antenna systems for implantable medical device telemetry

Details Antenna systems for implantable medical device telemetry Antenna systems for implantable medical device telemetry

2006-07-04

2006-07-04

Manuel, George (Department: 3762)

Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application

Light, thermal, and electrical application

Electrical therapeutic systems

C607S032000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07072718

ABSTRACT:
An implantable medical device system includes an implanted device communicating with an external device via telemetry. The implanted device and the external device each have a telemetry module connected to an antenna system to support a radio-frequency (RF) telemetry link. The antenna system of the external device has a manually or automatically controllable directionality. The controllable directionality is achieved, for example, by using two or more directional antennas, one non-directional antenna and one or more directional antennas, or an electronically steerable phased-array directional antenna.

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