Medical Devices
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1. A medical device for implantation in a body including:
- a substrate formed from a material capable of acting as an active sensing material for sensing a physiologically or clinically relevant parameter;
at least one sensor for sensing a physiologically or clinically relevant parameter, each sensor including a portion of the substrate which is configured to act as an active sensing material; and
telemetric communication means coupled to said at least one sensor for telemetrically transmitting data related to a parameter sensed by the at least one sensor to a remote device.
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Abstract
There is provided a medical device for implantation in a body including: a substrate formed from a material capable of acting as an active sensing material for sensing a physiologically or clinically relevant parameter; at least one sensor for sensing a physiologically or clinically relevant parameter, each sensor including a portion of the substrate which is configured to act as an active sensing material; and telemetric communication means coupled to said at least one sensor for telemetrically transmitting data related to a parameter sensed by the at least one sensor to a remote device.
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1. A medical device for implantation in a body including:
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a substrate formed from a material capable of acting as an active sensing material for sensing a physiologically or clinically relevant parameter;
at least one sensor for sensing a physiologically or clinically relevant parameter, each sensor including a portion of the substrate which is configured to act as an active sensing material; and
telemetric communication means coupled to said at least one sensor for telemetrically transmitting data related to a parameter sensed by the at least one sensor to a remote device. - 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)
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24. A medical device for implantation in a body including:
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a substrate or a substrate stack including a plurality of stacked substrates, the substrate or substrate stack having opposed first and second faces;
at least one sensor disposed on the substrate or substrate stack for sensing a physiologically or clinically relevant parameter;
telemetric communication means, coupled to the at least one sensor, for telemetrically transmitting data related to a parameter sensed by the at least one sensor to a remote device, the telemetric communication means including at least one antenna disposed on the first face of the substrate or substrate stack; and
an earth plane disposed on the second face of the substrate or substrate stack and extending at least over a region which is in register with the area defined by the at least one antenna. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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- 26. A sensor including a material capable of acting as an active sensing material and an electrode formed on the material in an antenna pattern so as to i) enable the material to be operated as an active sensing material and ii) act as an antenna to transmit and/or receive signals relevant to the operation of the sensor.
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32. A medical device for implantation in a body including:
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at least two sensors for sensing a physiologically or clinically relevant parameter;
differential measurement means for measuring differences in the responses of the sensor; and
telemetric communication means coupled to the differential measurement means for telemetrically transmitting data related to the differences in the responses of the sensors to a remote device. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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