STIMULATION SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR A CARDIAC PACEMAKER
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Abstract
A stimulation system, an implantable electrode device and a method for operating an implantable electrode device are proposed. A simplified implantation, a simple construction and reliable control are made possible by the electrode device being supplied with energy, and controlled, in an exclusively wireless manner via a time-variable magnetic field. The magnetic field is generated by an implanted control device.
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25. A cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator stimulation system comprising:
- an implantable control device and an implantable electrode device for generating electrical impulses, which can be one or more of supplied with energy and controlled by the control device in an exclusively wireless manner by means of a time-varying magnetic field, the electrode device being configured such that two-stage triggering is required to generate an electrical impulse by means of the electrode device, wherein pulse generation or triggering is only made possible after respective previous activation.
- View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
- 33. An implantable electrode device for a cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator stimulation system for generating electrical impulses, wherein the electrode device is configured as one or more of a wireless and compact structural unit and can be supplied with energy and directly controlled exclusively by means of a varying magnetic field, the electrode device being configured such that two-stage triggering is required to generate an electrical impulse by means of the electrode device, wherein pulse generation or triggering is only made possible after respective previous activation.
- 39. An implantable electrode device for a cardiac pacemaker stimulation system for generating electrical impulses, wherein the electrode device is configured as one or more of a wireless and compact structural unit and can be supplied with energy and directly controlled exclusively by means of a varying magnetic field, wherein the electrode device comprises a coil device with a coil core or a core element having a magnetization which varies abruptly depending on an acting magnetic field strength.
- 45. A method for operating an implantable electrode device, the implantable device being a cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator for generating electrical impulses, wherein the electrode device is supplied with energy and directly controlled by means of a magnetic field to generate the electrical impulses, wherein two-stage triggering is required to generate an electrical impulse with the electrode device, wherein pulse generation or triggering is only made possible after respective previous activation.
- 54. A method for generating an electrical impulse in tissue for operating a cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator, wherein a pulse-like induction voltage is caused by an abruptly varying magnetization of a coil core or core element when a first minimum field strength of the magnetic field is exceeded.
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