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Electrical angle gauge

  • US 7,877,149 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2006
  • Issued: 01/25/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for obtaining motion data for a physiological location of a body, the method comprising:

  • producing an electric field from a pair of broadcasting electrodes in a first satellite structure formed on a pacing lead, wherein the pacing lead is implanted in a body;

    detecting a change in an electric potential of a receiving electrode in a second satellite structure formed on the pacing lead in response to a movement of the pacing lead, wherein the electric potential of the receiving electrode is induced by the electric field, and wherein the receiving electrode is attached to a physiological location of the body;

    determining an angle by which the receiving electrode deflects from a mid-potential plane between the pair of broadcasting electrodes by processing the change in the electric potential of the receiving electrode; and

    generating motion data for the physiological location of the body based on the angle by which the receiving electrode deflects from the mid-potential plane.

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