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Control unit having a deployable antenna

  • US 8,423,150 B2
  • Filed: 06/08/2011
  • Issued: 04/16/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A control unit for an implantable medical device comprising:

  • a housing;

    electronics, for controlling an RF emission from the control unit, being disposed within said housing; and

    an arc shaped antenna pivotably connected to said housing, said antenna being movable between a stowed position where RF emission from the antenna is prevented and a deployed position where RF emission from the antenna is permitted, in the stowed position the arc shaped antenna is both approximately coplanar with, and encircles the outer periphery of, the housing,wherein the electronics are disposed on a pc board, the antenna defines an antenna plane, in the stowed position the antenna plane is approximately coplanar with a plane defined by the pc board, the antenna plane in the deployed position is not coplanar with the plane defined by the pc board.

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