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Medical devices

  • US 7,416,530 B2
  • Filed: 11/20/2003
  • Issued: 08/26/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A medical device adapted to be implanted in the heart of a patient and operable therein i) as a heart valve;

  • or ii) to assist in the functioning of one of the patient'"'"'s heart valves;

    the medical device comprising;

    at least one sensor for sensing a physiologically or clinically relevant parameter of the patient wherein said at least one sensor includes a piezoelectric sensor comprising a polymeric active sensing area which senses blood pressure of the patient;

    telemetric communication means comprising an RFID device for telemetrically transmitting data related to the parameter sensed by the sensor to a remote device; and

    wherein said at least one sensor includes at least two spaced apart piezoelectric sensors for sensing blood pressure at different locations in the heart of the patient, each of the spaced apart sensors comprising a polymeric active sensing area which senses blood pressure of the patient.

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