Active implantable medical device with at least two diagnostic and/or therapeutic functions

• US 8,126,545 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2007
• Issued: 02/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Biotronik SE & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Biotronik VI Patent AG (Biotronik SE & Company KG)
• Inventors: Flach, Erhard, Geistert, Wolfgang, Jacobsen, Roland, Schaldach, Max, Ulbrich, Axel
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Carl H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bays, Pamela M
• Application Number:
  US11/738,277
• Publication Number:
  US 20070250120A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,775 Days
• Field of Search: 607/2, 607/36, 607/37, 607/38, 607/60, 600/300
• US Class Current: 607/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37 Monitoring; Protecting
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37211 Means for communicating with stimulators
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/37512 Pacemakers
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3752 Details of casing-lead connections

Abstract

An active medical implantable device with at least two diagnostic and/or therapeutic functions is constructed from separate active implant modules (2 to 7) which are adapted to the respective desired functions and can be coupled to each other.

Claims

1. An active medical implantable device with at least two functions that include any combination of diagnostic and/or therapeutic functions comprising:

a basic device component having

a central control unit and

a mechanical coupling bar configured as a groove in a side of the active medical implantable device and

a bus system coupled with said central control unit and

a first plug-in connection mechanically coupled with said coupling bar wherein said plug-in connection comprises said bus system;

active implant modules, a separate one for each of the at least two functions, mechanically coupled to the basic device component via said coupling bar and direct mechanically coupled to one another on two opposing sides of said active implant modules and electrically coupled to one another via the bus system;

a sealing cap mechanically coupled to a furthest active implant module away from said first plug-in connection wherein said sealing cap is configured to electrically terminate said bus system;

said active implant modules configured to be coupled with or removed from said basic device component without removal of said basic device component from a body in which said basic device component is implanted after said sealing cap is removed from said furthest active implant module away from said first plug-in connection an particular one of active implant modules is mechanically coupled with or removed from said coupling bar and mechanically and electrically coupled with or removed from at least one of said active implant modules and wherein said sealing cap is again coupled with said furthest active implant module away from said first plug-in connection;

at least two further plug-in connections, each attached to said respective active implant modules wherein said at least two further plug-in connections are configured to extend said bus system;

wherein the active implant modules are configured to communicate unidirectionally, bidirectionally or multidirectionally with the central control unit via the bus system and are controlled by central control unit, and wherein the active implant modules are configured to communicate with one another unidirectionally, bidirectionally or multidirectionally via the bus system.

2. The implantable device according to claim 1, wherein the central control unit implements a master and slave control with regard to a hierarchical order of the active implant modules.

3. The implantable device according to claim 1, wherein said basic device component is configured to receive additional multi-functional basic elements for the active implant modules.

4. The implantable device according to claim 3, wherein said additional multi-functional basic elements of said basic device component comprise a communication unit and/or a power supply unit for said active implant modules.

5. The implantable device according to claim 1, wherein an implant module selected from said active implant modules can be fitted with at least one replaceable sub-module, with functionality that deviates from said implant module.

6. The implantable device according to claim 1, wherein one of said active implant modules, is configured as a master device which controls further coupled implant modules.