Neural device for sensing temperature

• US 20050075682A1
• Filed: 11/24/2004
• Published: 04/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/1997
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research
• Original Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research
• Inventors: Wolfe, James H., Schulman, Joseph H., Gord, John C.
• Application Number:
  US10/997,398
• Publication Number:
  US 20050075682A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/48
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0209 adapted for power saving
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0219 of externally powered implanted units
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0008 Temperature signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0028 Body tissue as transmission medium, i.e. transmission systems where the medium is the human body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0031 Implanted circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/053 Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of a portion of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/07 Endoradiosondes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/076 Permanent implantations telemetry using implanted circuitry A61B5/0031; implanted stimulators for therapy A61N1/3605, A61N1/362, A61N1/372
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1071 measuring angles, e.g. using goniometers A61B5/1123 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/145 Measuring characteristics of blood in vivo, e.g. gas concentration, pH value; Measuring characteristics of body fluids or tissues, e.g. interstitial fluid, cerebral tissuemeasuring of blood pressure or blood flow A61B5/02; non-radiation detecting or locating of foreign bodies in blood A61B5/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1473 invasive, e.g. introduced into the body by a catheter A61B5/1482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/72 Bioelectric control, e.g. myoelectric
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/5058 having means for restoring the perception of senses
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/704 computer-controlled, e.g. robotic control
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2002/705 Electromagnetic data transfer for implantable prostheses A61F2250/0002
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37205 Microstimulators, e.g. implantable through a cannula
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37288 Communication to several implantable medical devices within one patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3787 from an external energy source

Abstract

A neural device comprising a housing and at least one integrated circuit having a temperature sensor for sensing temperature in a body, wherein the at least one integrated circuit is attached to said housing. The neural device may be a neural stimulator for stimulating nerves in a body or a neural sensor for sensing electrical signals from nerve tissue in a body or adapted to have both capabilities of electrically stimulating and/or sensing the nerves in a body. Furthermore, the temperature sensor may be integrated in the integrated circuit.

Claims

1. A neural device, comprising:

a housing;

at least one integrated circuit having a temperature sensor adapted for sensing temperature in a body, wherein the at least one integrated circuit is attached to said housing.

2. The neural device of claim 1, wherein the neural device is a neural stimulator for stimulating nerves in a body.

3. The neural device of claim 1, wherein the neural device is a neural sensor for sensing electrical signals from nerves in a body.

4. The neural device of claim 1, wherein the neural device is adapted to stimulate nerves and sense electrical signals from nerves in a body.

5. The neural device of claim 4, wherein the temperature sensor is integrated in said integrated circuit.

6. The neural device of claim 4, wherein said neural device is less than 60 mm in axial dimension and less than 6 mm in lateral dimension.