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Safe energy transfer

  • US 8,979,728 B2
  • Filed: 08/22/2012
  • Issued: 03/17/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A safety apparatus for providing backup power to a wirelessly-powered implantable medical device, the safety apparatus comprising:

  • an implantable female unit comprising one or more receiving ports, the implantable female unit being disposable beneath the epidermis of a subject and electrically couplable to and separate from a wirelessly-powered implantable medical device; and

    an external system comprising an external male unit coupled to an external power source, the male unit comprising one or more prongs configured to puncture and be inserted through the epidermis of the subject and received by the one or more receiving ports of the implantable female unit,wherein the external system is configured to determine failure of wireless transfer of power to the medical device and, upon the determination of failure, insertion of the one or more prongs of the external male unit through the subject'"'"'s epidermis and into the one or more ports of the implanted female unit provides a wired connection between the external power source and the medical device, thereby providing external backup power to the medical device.

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