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Implantable zero-wire communications system

  • US 8,547,248 B2
  • Filed: 09/01/2006
  • Issued: 10/01/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for communicating information within a body of a patient, the system comprising:

  • (a) a first device comprising a transmitter configured to transmit a quasi-electrostatic signal via a quasi-electrostatic coupling to the body of the patient; and

    (b) a second device comprising a receiver configured to receive the transmitted quasi-electrostatic signal via a quasi-electrostatic coupling to the body of the patient;

    wherein the quasi-electrostatic signal is transmitted between the first and second device within the body of the patient and wherein the body of the patient is the conducting medium for the quasi-electrostatic signal.

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