System and method for removing implanted devices
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Apr 24, 2003
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Apr 4, 2002
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Oct 19, 2001
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The invention is a method of removing a miniature implantable electronic device by means of an integral eyelet or circumferential ring to facilitate removal of the implanted device without surgery. The string, if radio-opaque, provides a method of locating the miniature implantable device without surgery and attachment of one end of the string to a radio-opaque marker provides a method of locating the end of the string to facilitate non-surgical removal of the miniature implantable device from living tissue. Alternatively, the miniature implantable device may be placed in a silk tube prior to being implanted in the living tissue, to facilitate removal from the tissue. Additionally, the eyelet increases the life of the miniature implantable device, if it is made of a metal, such as platinum or iridium, which has a low metal-to-electrolyte voltage drop by virtue of improved electrical coupling to a saline solution.
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