US Patent 7587246 Implantable device with flexible interconnect to coil

Patent 7587246 was granted and assigned to Med-El on September, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Med-El

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

75872460

Patent Inventor Names

Ingeborg Hochmair0

Erwin Hochmair0

Date of Patent

September 8, 2009

Patent Application Number

104539020

Date Filed

June 3, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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George Manuel

Patent abstract

An implant for implantation into a person. The implant includes a hermetically sealed housing enclosing electrical circuitry. A first coil is flexibly coupled to the housing such that the first coil is external to the housing and capable of being repositioned relative to the housing. The first coil is capable, after being implanted in the person, of being arranged adjacent a second coil of a remote device, such that first coil and the second coil are inductively coupled. The first coil may be adapted to receive at least one of a power signal and a data signal from a remote source.