Implant according to the "thin client" principle

• US 20050021109A1
• Filed: 07/21/2004
• Published: 01/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Samsioe, Jorgen
• Application Number:
  US10/895,525
• Publication Number:
  US 20050021109A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/60
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0031 Implanted circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/145 Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissuemeasuring of blood pressure or blood flow A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14546 for measuring analytes not otherwise provided for, e.g. ions, cytochromes

Abstract

An implant, particularly in the form of an implantable chip, for use in an animal or human body, comprises an input device with measurement probes to acquire at least one body variable, an externally controlled output stage in order to act on the body, and a transmission and reception stage for communication with a doctor or an external computer.

Claims

1. An implant formed as an implantable chip for use in an animal or human body, comprising:

an input device with measurement probes to acquire at least one body variable;

an externally controlled output stage in order to act on the body; and

a transmission and reception stage for communication with a doctor, other medical personnel, or an external computer.

2. The implant according to claim 1, wherein the implant is based on a “

thin client”

principle and is directed by external commands.

3. The implant according to claim 1, wherein the output stage comprises a dosing device and a medicine storage.

4. The implant according to claim 1, wherein the transmission and reception stage comprises two-stages:

an implantable first stage configured to communicate with a detection device outside on the body, the detection device being a second stage configured for establishing a remote connection to the doctor, the other medical personnel, or the external computer.

5. The implant according to claim 4, wherein the detection device is a mobile telephone connected with the implant via Bluetooth.

6. A method for operating an implantable chip for use in an animal or human body, comprising:

acquiring at least one body variable with an input device;

communicating the at least one body variable to a doctor, other medical personnel, or an external computer with a transmission and reception stage;

receiving an external command from the doctor, the other medical personnel, or the external computer; and

acting on the body via an externally controlled output stage based on the external command.