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Implantable medical device with integrated acoustic transducer

  • US 7,580,750 B2
  • Filed: 11/23/2005
  • Issued: 08/25/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An implantable medical device, comprising:

  • a pulse generator including a hermetically sealed housing having a housing wall with an interior surface; and

    an ultrasonic acoustic transducer comprising one or more piezoelectric discs disposed within the housing and coupled to a metallic membrane, the membrane interposed between the interior surface of the housing wall and the piezoelectric discs, the membrane coupling the piezoelectric discs to the interior surface of the housing wall and including an annular ring that surrounds the piezoelectric discs, wherein the housing wall is configured to act as a diaphragm in response to induced movement by the one or more piezoelectric discs.

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