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Charging system for an implantable medical device employing magnetic and electric fields

  • US 9,427,591 B2
  • Filed: 11/10/2015
  • Issued: 08/30/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An implantable medical device, comprising:

  • a first antenna configured to receive an electric field for powering the implantable medical device;

    a second antenna configured to receive a magnetic field for powering the implantable medical device; and

    control circuitry configured to determine whether either or both of the electric field and the magnetic field have been received at the first or second antennas respectively, and for issuing at least one control signal enabling powering the implantable medical device either by the electric field or the magnetic field.

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