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Implanted device with wireless energy transfer and external alignment feature

  • US 10,213,538 B2
  • Filed: 09/17/2015
  • Issued: 02/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wireless energy transfer system comprising:

  • an implant device including a housing and an energy receiving element disposed in the housing; and

    an external charger including an energy transmitting element and a mating member, the mating member defining a protrusion extending therefrom, the external charger and the housing defining a common axis extending therethrough when the external charger is received by the housing,wherein the implant device is configured to be mounted within a body of an animal,wherein the housing comprises a feature having a plurality of sidewalls defining an indentation therebetween, the feature being configured to extend from within the body of the animal to outside the body of the animal through an opening in a skin of the animal and the indentation being configured to physically receive and mechanically align with the protrusion extending from the corresponding mating member of the external charger, andwherein the energy receiving element is configured to be disposed in a parallel orientation along the common axis with the energy transmitting element, and the energy receiving element being configured to receive energy wirelessly from the energy transmitting element when the external charger is physically-mated with the housing.

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