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Transcutaneous energy transfer device

  • US 5,995,874 A
  • Filed: 02/09/1998
  • Issued: 11/30/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a TET device having a primary coil and a primary coil driver for operation outside a living organism, and a secondary coil for implanting within the living organism the two coils for being coupled by a magnetic field, a system for tuning the TET device comprising:

  • a) means for measuring at least a characteristic of the secondary coil during operation and for transmitting an indication of the characteristic from within the organism to outside the organism;

    b) means for receiving the transmitted indication of the characteristic and for providing a signal related to said indication; and

    ,c) a control circuit for receiving the signal related to said indication and for controlling a characteristic of the magnetic field in order to effect a change in the saturation point of the magnetic field.

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