Rafael Carbunaru;Robert D. Ozawa;Kenneth A. McGiboney
发明人:
Rafael Carbunaru,Robert D. Ozawa,Kenneth A. McGiboney
申请号：
US12849473
公开号：
US08185212B2
申请日:
2010.08.03
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
A system and method are provided for both recharging and communicating with a stimulator having a rechargeable battery, which stimulator is implanted deeply in the body, in particular where the stimulator is a microstimulator, the system includes a base station and an external device, for instance a chair pad. The chair pad may contain an antenna/charging coil and a booster coil. The antenna/charging coil can be used for charging the rechargeable battery and also for communicating with the stimulator using frequency shift keying and on-off keying. The booster coil can be used to recharge a battery depleted to zero volts. The base station connected to the chair pad may be used to power the antenna/charging coil and the booster coil.
