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Implantable medical device with voice responding and recording capacity

  • US 6,865,424 B2
  • Filed: 08/08/2002
  • Issued: 03/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A medical device for implantation into a patient comprising:

  • an acoustic transducer configured for receiving acoustic energy from within the patient'"'"'s body and generating electrical audio signals in accordance therewith;

    sampling circuitry and an analog-to-digital converter for producing digitized samples of a signal received from the acoustic transducer; and

    circuitry for recording of a plurality of samples of the digitized acoustic signals including voice and heart sounds in a storage medium and the acoustic transducer, the sampling circuitry and the circuitry for recording are adapted for implantation into the patient, wherein the circuitry for recording further includes voice recording activation circuitry.

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