Electromedical implant

• US 6,804,559 B1
• Filed: 06/26/2000
• Issued: 10/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Biotronik Mess-Und Therapiegeraete GmbH & Company Ingenieurbuero Berlin (Biotronik SE & Company KG)
• Original Assignee: Biotronik Mess-Und Therapiegeraete GmbH & Company Ingenieurbuero Berlin (Biotronik SE & Company KG)
• Inventors: Potschadtke, Jens, Kraus, Michael, Lang, Martin, Beetz, Klemens, Neudecker, Johannes, Lang, Berhard, Nagelschmidt, Axel
• Primary Examiner(s): EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT
• Application Number:
  US09/603,812
• Time in Patent Office: 1,569 Days
• Field of Search: 607/30-32, 607/59-60, 607/66, 607/33, 128/903
• US Class Current: 607/32
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37211 Means for communicating with stimulators

Abstract

An electromedical implant comprising a telemetry device for the exchange of data with an external apparatus is provided. The telemetry device comprising a transmitting device and a receiving device, wherein a separate energy storage means is provided for each of the transmitting device and the receiving device. A method of using an electromedical implant comprising a telemetry device for the exchange of data is also provided.

Claims

1. An electromedical implant capable of exchanging data with an external apparatus, the implant comprising a telemetry device for the exchange of data with the external apparatus and at least two power supply buffer capacitors coupled to the telemetry device, wherein the telemetry device comprises a telemetry transmitter and a telemetry receiver, and wherein the telemetry transmitter is provided with one of the at least two power supply buffer capacitors for providing sufficient energy for the telemetry transmitter to transmit data, and the telemetry receiver is provided with a separate one of the at least two power supply buffer capacitors for providing sufficient energy for the telemetry receiver to receive data.

2. The implant as set forth in claim 1 wherein the power supply buffer capacitor provided for the telemetry transmitter holds a charge just sufficient for the telemetry transmitter to transmit data, and wherein the power supply buffer capacitor for the telemetry receiver holds a charge just sufficient for the telemetry receiver to receive data.

3. The implant as set forth in claim 2 wherein the power supply buffer capacitor for the telemetry transmitter and the power supply buffer capacitor for the telemetry receiver are of different sizes.

4. The implant as set forth in claim 2 wherein the telemetry device charges the power supply buffer capacitors either together or individually.

5. The implant as set forth in claim 1 wherein the power supply buffer capacitor for the telemetry receiver is further connected to the telemetry transmitter such that said power supply buffer capacitor for the telemetry receiver further operates as a reserve power supply buffer capacitor for the telemetry transmitter.

6. The implant as set forth in claim 1 wherein the power supply buffer capacitor for the telemetry receiver and the power supply buffer capacitor for the telemetry transmitter are connected either in parallel or in series with each other.

7. The implant as set forth in claim 1 wherein the implant is selected from the group consisting of:

a cardiac pacemaker, a defibrillator, and a cardioverter.

8. An electromedical implant capable of exchanging data with an external apparatus, the implant comprising a telemetry device for the exchange of data with the external apparatus and at least two power supply buffer capacitors coupled to the telemetry device, wherein the telemetry device comprises a telemetry transmitter and a telemetry receiver, and wherein the telemetry transmitter is provided with one of the at least two power supply buffer capacitors for providing sufficient energy for the transmission of data, and the telemetry receiver is provided with a separate one of the at least two power supply buffer capacitors for providing sufficient energy for the reception of data, the implantable device is adapted to immediately charge up the power supply buffer capacitor for providing sufficient energy for the transmission of data prior to such transmission, and to immediately charge up the power supply buffer capacitor for providing sufficient energy for the reception of data prior to such reception.

9. An electromedical implant capable of exchanging data with an external apparatus, the implant comprising a telemetry device for the exchange of data with the external apparatus and at least two power supply buffer capacitors coupled to the telemetry device, wherein the telemetry device comprises a telemetry transmitter and a telemetry receiver, and wherein the telemetry transmitter is provided with one of the at least two power supply buffer capacitors for providing sufficient energy for the transmission of data, and the telemetry receiver is provided with a separate one of the at least two power supply buffer capacitors for providing sufficient energy for the reception of data, wherein the power supply buffer capacitor for the telemetry transmitter is further connected to the telemetry receiver such that said power supply buffer capacitor for the telemetry transmitter further operates as a reserve power supply buffer capacitor for the telemetry receiver.

10. An electromedical implant capable of exchanging data with an external apparatus, the implant comprising a telemetry device for the exchange of data with the external apparatus, a battery and at least two power supply buffer capacitors coupled to the telemetry device, wherein the telemetry device comprises a telemetry transmitter and a telemetry receiver, and wherein the telemetry transmitter is provided with one of the at least two power supply buffer capacitors for providing sufficient energy for the telemetry transmitter to transmit data, and the telemetry receiver is provided with a separate one of the at least two power supply buffer capacitors for providing sufficient energy for the telemetry receiver to receive data, wherein the at least two power supply buffer capacitors are further coupled to the battery.