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COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH A BIO-MEDICAL UNIT

  • US 20110077715A1
  • Filed: 05/26/2010
  • Published: 03/31/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A bio-medical communication system comprises:

  • a bio-medical unit implantable in, or affixable to, a host body, wherein the bio-medical unit includes;

    a power harvesting module operable to produce a supply voltage from a received electromagnetic power signal;

    a communication module powered by the supply voltage, wherein the communication module is operable to wirelessly communicate at least one of an upstream data signal and a downstream data signal; and

    a functional module operable to;

    perform a bio-medical function to produce upstream data of the upstream data signal; and

    process downstream data of the downstream data signal; and

    a communication device operable to;

    set-up a communication with the bio-medical unit;

    wirelessly communicate the at least one of upstream data signal and downstream data signal with the bio-medical unit;

    convert at least one of;

    the upstream data signal into an upstream wide area network (WAN) signal; and

    a downstream WAN signal into the downstream data signal; and

    transmit or receive at least one of the upstream and downstream WAN signals.

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