Cardiac implant device
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1. A heart implant device for associating with a heart of a living body, the device comprising:
- (a) a housing for securely associating with heart tissue, said housing encompassing a space, said housing including a conductive coil, and (b) a ferromagnetic element disposed within said space, said element for moving relative to said coil so as to produce electrical energy within the living body.
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A heart implant device for associating with a heart of a living body, the device including: (a) a housing for securely associating with heart tissue, the housing encompassing a space, the housing including a conductive coil, and (b) a ferromagnetic element disposed within the space, the element for moving relative to the coil so as to produce electrical energy within the living body.
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1. A heart implant device for associating with a heart of a living body, the device comprising:
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(a) a housing for securely associating with heart tissue, said housing encompassing a space, said housing including a conductive coil, and (b) a ferromagnetic element disposed within said space, said element for moving relative to said coil so as to produce electrical energy within the living body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for associating a heart implant device with a heart of a living body, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a device including;
(i) a housing for securely associating with heart tissue, said housing encompassing a space, said housing including a conductive coil, and (ii) a ferromagnetic element disposed within said space, said element for moving relative to said coil so as to produce electrical energy within the living body, and (b) attaching the device to said heart tissue.
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37. A heart implant device for associating with a heart of a living body, the device comprising:
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(a) a housing for securely associating with heart tissue of the heart;
(b) a conductive coil, and (c) a ferromagnetic element, wherein one of said coil and said ferromagnetic element is securely associated with said housing, and wherein said coil and said ferromagnetic element are designed and configured for moving relative to one another in response to a movement of said heart tissue, so as to produce electrical energy within the living body.
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