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Power supply module for an implantable device

  • US 6,269,266 B1
  • Filed: 07/23/1999
  • Issued: 07/31/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An implantable device comprising:

  • a power supply module; and

    a main module, said power supply module and said main module being interconnected by a coupling element;

    wherein said power supply module includes a hermetically sealed protective enclosure;

    a repeatedly rechargeable electrochemical battery for supplying electrical power via said coupling element to said main module, said repeatedly rechargeable electrochemical battery being housed within said enclosure;

    a detector element fixed to said power supply module, and at least one switching element fixed to said power supply module and operatively connected to said detector element, said at least one switching element preventing at least one of recharging and discharging of said battery when said detector element detects that said battery is in an unallowable operating state.

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