System for powering medical implants
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1. A system for transmitting power to a medical implant, said system using a plurality of frequencies to transmit said power.
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A medical implant is powered by inductive coupling to a transmitter utilizing a large number of frequencies in order to minimize the amount of electromagnetic interference at any single frequency. The frequencies are generated by a resonant circuit rapidly tunable by changing the inductance.
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- 1. A system for transmitting power to a medical implant, said system using a plurality of frequencies to transmit said power.
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2. A system for transmitting power to a medical implant, said system using a sweeping frequency to transmit said power.
- 3. A system for transmitting power to a medical implant over multiple frequencies, said system using an electronically tunable resonant circuit to transmit said power.
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