Apparatus for transmitting energy to a device implanted in a liv

Details Apparatus for transmitting energy to a device implanted in a liv Apparatus for transmitting energy to a device implanted in a liv

1981-01-05

1984-02-21

Kamm, William E.

Surgery

Truss

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A61N 136

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044323638

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for applying energy to the outside of the skin for penetrating the skin, a transducer for converting the energy penetrating the skin to a form of energy utilizable by a device implanted in the body, and a member for transmitting the skin penetrating energy to the transducer. Preferably the applied energy is infrared light or heat with the transmitting member being optical fibers or a heat pipe, respectively, and the implanted device is a pacemaker for the heart, the battery of the pacemaker being rechargeable by the converted energy and the pulse generator of the pacemaker being controllable by the converted energy.

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patent: 3195540 (1965-07-01), Waller
patent: 3209081 (1965-09-01), Ducote et al.
patent: 4143661 (1979-03-01), Laforge et al.
patent: 4202339 (1980-05-01), Wirtzfeld

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