Full-body charger for battery-powered patient implantable device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7107103
APP PUB NO 20030078634A1
SERIAL NO

10272229

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A full-body charger for charging one or more battery-powered devices wherein such devices are configured for implanting beneath a patient's skin for the purpose of tissue, e.g., nerve or muscle, stimulation and/or parameter monitoring and/or data communication. Devices in accordance with the invention include a support structure, typically chair-shaped or bed-shaped, capable of supporting a patient's body while providing a magnetic field to one or more of the implanted devices using one or more coils mounted within for providing power to the implanted devices. Consequently, in a preferred embodiment, a single, generally sequential, charging cycle can charge all of the implanted devices and thus minimize the charge time requirements for a patient and accordingly improve the patient's life style.

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  • ADVANCED BIONICS CORPORATION;ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mandell, Lee J West Hills, CA 22 1618
Mann, Carla Los Angeles, CA 1 178
Schulman, Joseph H Santa Clarita, CA 162 36737

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