Remotely interrogated medical implant with sensor

Abstract

Abstract A medical implant device is provided which includes a structure implantable within a body of a living animal for assisting in carrying out a function within the body. The device further includes a transducer element mounted on a carrier for sensing a parameter associated with the structure. Moreover, the device includes a communication circuit coupled to the transducer element for producing an output based on the sensed parameter and which serves to communicate the output non-invasively to a receiver located outside the body. The carrier is bonded to the structure such that portion of the structure located immediately beneath the carrier is isolated from stresses generated in regions of the structure not under the carrier.

Inventors

• 👤 Eric Weissman
• 👤 Elmer D. Dickens, Jr.

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