Using the Case of an Implantable Medical Device to Broaden Communication Bandwidth
First Claim
1. An implantable medical device, comprising:
- a conductive case;
a resonant circuit within the case for transmitting, receiving, or transmitting and receiving data at least two frequencies each representing a digital logic state, each the resonant circuit comprising;
a telemetry coil; and
a capacitor,wherein the resonant circuit does not include a discrete resistor.
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Abstract
An improved implantable pulse generator (IPG) containing improved telemetry circuitry is disclosed. The IPG includes a telemetry coil within the conductive IPG case, not in the non-conductive header as is typical, which simplifies IPG design. The improved resonant circuit of which the coil is a part does not include a discrete tuning resistor with the coil, which tuning resistor was traditionally used to increase communication bandwidth of the coil to render it suitable for FSK telemetry. In lieu of the tuning resistor, the coil is intentionally inductively coupled to the case by positioning the coil a certain distance away from the case. Such coupling decreases the effective inductance and increases the effective series resistance in the improved resonant circuit, both of which increase the communication bandwidth. As such, suitable FSK telemetry can be achieved, even though the improved resonant circuit without the case would not on its own have suitable bandwidth.
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21 Claims
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1. An implantable medical device, comprising:
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a conductive case; a resonant circuit within the case for transmitting, receiving, or transmitting and receiving data at least two frequencies each representing a digital logic state, each the resonant circuit comprising; a telemetry coil; and a capacitor, wherein the resonant circuit does not include a discrete resistor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An implantable medical device, comprising:
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a planar conductive case; a resonant circuit within the case for transmitting, receiving, or transmitting and receiving data at least two frequencies each representing a digital logic state, each the resonant circuit comprising; a telemetry coil, wherein the telemetry coil is wound in a plane parallel to a plane of the case, and spaced from the plane of the case by a distance; and a capacitor. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An implantable medical device, comprising:
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a resonant circuit which in isolation has a first bandwidth, the resonant circuit comprising a telemetry coil and a capacitor, wherein the first bandwidth is too narrow to transmit, receive, or transmit and receive data at least two frequencies each representing a digital logic state; and a conductive case, wherein the resonant circuit is positioned within the conductive case, wherein the resonant circuit inside the conductive case has a second bandwidth larger than the first bandwidth, wherein the second bandwidth is broad enough to transmit, receive, or transmit and receive data at the at least two frequencies each representing a digital logic state. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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