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Relay interface for connecting an implanted medical device to an external electronics device

  • US 9,155,887 B2
  • Filed: 10/19/2011
  • Issued: 10/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An external device for transcutaneously connecting a consumer electronics device with an implanted medical device, wherein the implanted medical device is a hearing prosthesis, to provide power to the implanted medical device, comprising:

  • a housing adapted for external mounting proximate to an implanted medical device;

    a cable extending from the housing and terminating in a connector adapted for receipt within a mating port of a consumer electronics device, wherein a first terminal of the connector is connectable to a power source of the consumer electronic device;

    power control circuitry disposed within the housing, the power control circuitry operable to receive power from the first terminal via the cable and adapt the power for transcutaneous transmission; and

    a wireless transmitter for transmitting the power from the housing for receipt by a receiver of an implanted medical device.

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