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IMPLANT RECHARGING

  • US 20120053657A1
  • Filed: 08/31/2011
  • Published: 03/01/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for charging a battery of an implanted device, the method comprising:

  • positioning an external charging coil proximal to a charging locale which an implant recipient and the implanted device is expected to enter from time to time, the charging coil having a coil area which is significantly larger than a coil area of an implanted coil, and the charging coil being configured to produce an electromagnetic field throughout the charging locale; and

    at least at a time when an implant recipient is within the charging locale, driving the external charging coil with a signal which transmits electromagnetic power from the charging coil to the implanted coil.

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