Implantable Zero-Wire Communications System
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Abstract
The present invention provides implantable systems that communicate wirelessly with each other using a unique format that enables devices configurations and applications heretofore not possible. Embodiments of the present invention provide communication apparatuses and methods for exchanging information with implantable medical devices. In some embodiments, two implantable devices communicate with each other using quasi-electrostatic signal transmission in a long wavelength/low frequency electromagnetic band, with the patient'"'"'s body acting as a conductive medium.
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42 Claims
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1-20. -20. (canceled)
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21. A communications device for use within a body of a patient, said communications device comprising:
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(a) a power supply; (b) a signal generating circuit coupled to said power supply and configured to generate a signal; and (c) an antenna coupled to said signal generating circuit and configured to transmit said signal via quasi electrostatic coupling to said body. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42-113. -113. (canceled)
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