Apparatus for transmitting energy to a device implanted in a living body
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Feb 21, 1984
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Jan 5, 1981
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Jan 31, 1980
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Apparatus for applying energy to the outside of the skin for penetrating the skin, a transducer for converting the energy penetrating the skin to a form of energy utilizable by a device implanted in the body, and a member for transmitting the skin penetrating energy to the transducer. Preferably the applied energy is infrared light or heat with the transmitting member being optical fibers or a heat pipe, respectively, and the implanted device is a pacemaker for the heart, the battery of the pacemaker being rechargeable by the converted energy and the pulse generator of the pacemaker being controllable by the converted energy.
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