ANATOMICALLY COMPLIANT ANTENNA FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE
First Claim
1. An antenna for facilitating communication between an implanted medical device and external component, comprising:
- a length of flexible metal shaped into a plurality of turns and arranged to be located alongside the housing of an implantable medical device; and
a strain relief configured to be connected to the housing and to encase the length of flexible metal,wherein the antenna is suitable for enabling communication between the implantable medical device and an external component via long range telemetry.
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Abstract
A flexible antenna is associated with an active implantable medical device to facilitate communication between the implantable medical device and an external component in the outside world via, for example, long range or far field telemetry. The flexibility of the antenna allows it to conform to the shape of the location at which it is situated, such as on the cranial bone of a patient for an antenna associated with a cranially implanted medical device. The conformability of the antenna helps to maintain the antenna in the desired shape and to maintain it in the desired location relative to implantable medical device and the patient and improves patient comfort.
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13 Claims
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1. An antenna for facilitating communication between an implanted medical device and external component, comprising:
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a length of flexible metal shaped into a plurality of turns and arranged to be located alongside the housing of an implantable medical device; and a strain relief configured to be connected to the housing and to encase the length of flexible metal, wherein the antenna is suitable for enabling communication between the implantable medical device and an external component via long range telemetry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6)
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4. An antenna for facilitating communication between an implanted medical device and external component, comprising:
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a length of flexible metal shaped into a plurality of turns and arranged to be located alongside the housing of an implantable medical device; an encasement for the length of flexible metal to entirely contain the flexible metal within its boundaries, the encasement disposed so that when connected to the housing, the encasement will lie alongside a portion of the housing.
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7. An implantable medical device, comprising:
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a housing; an antenna feedthrough extending from the housing, and an antenna coupled to the antenna feedthrough and configured to be bent and, upon being bent, to retain a bent shape. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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