Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090069892 | Impact Protection for Implants - An implantable device includes an implantable housing having an outer surface and providing a hermetically sealed interior volume. A flexible electric lead is mechanically connected to the housing and electrically connected to circuitry within the interior volume. An impact protector overlies at least a portion of the outer surface of the housing and shields the underlying housing surface from the force of a mechanical impact. | 03-12-2009 |
20100049318 | Implantable Housing With Stabilizer - Components of an implant system are described. An implant housing contains system components for performing system operating functions. An implant stabilizer extends out from the implant housing and implant data lead for interacting with an underlying curved bone surface to immobilize the implant housing in a fixed position. | 02-25-2010 |
20110218388 | Ring Magnet for Obesity Management - A system and method for restricting an anatomical passageway includes a plurality of ring magnet pieces. Each of the plurality of ring magnet pieces has an inner and outer surface, and a pair of magnetic end sections between the outer surface and the inner surface, each end section having a characteristic magnetic field arrangement. An insert includes at least one of a magnet and a magnetic material. The ring magnet pieces are capable of forming, due to their magnetic field arrangements, an enclosed ring around an anatomical passageway. The insert is magnetically held in place by the ring magnet pieces when positioned in the anatomical passageway. | 09-08-2011 |
20110257703 | Inductive Link with Ferrite Sheets - An arrangement is described for a partially implantable medical system. A communications coil is adapted for placement parallel to a corresponding partner coil for communication of an implant communications signal having an associated magnetic field component. An implant electronics module is adjacent to the communications coil and electrically connected with it for coupling of the communications signal. And a planar coil shield lens is between the communications coil and the electronics module to promote coupling of the communications signal between the coils and to shield the electronics module from interaction with the magnetic field component. | 10-20-2011 |
20110270370 | Impact Protection for Implants - An implantable device includes an implantable housing having an outer surface and providing a hermetically sealed interior volume. A flexible electric lead is mechanically connected to the housing and electrically connected to circuitry within the interior volume. An impact protector overlies at least a portion of the outer surface of the housing and shields the underlying housing surface from the force of a mechanical impact. At least a portion of the impact protector may include an electrode electrically connected to the circuitry within the interior volume. | 11-03-2011 |
20140214145 | Impact Protection for Implantable Electric Lead - A novel implantable electric lead arrangement is described for medical implant systems such as middle ear implants (MEI), cochlear implants (CI) and vestibular implants (VI). An electric lead contains parallel lead wires wound in an elongated helix about a central longitudinal axis. A lead core is fixed and enclosed within the wire helix for providing impact strain relief to the lead wires by resisting radial and/or axial deformation from external impact force. | 07-31-2014 |