System of implantable medical devices including a plurality of spaced apart devices and a common bus over which power and operating instructions are distributed to the devices
A system implantable components (32, 36, 38, 40) for providing therapy to or monitoring the physiologic state of living tissue. The components exchange signals over implanted bus (34). The bus includes a trunk (84) and at least one branch (14) The at least one branch is connected to and able to move relative to the trunk. Signals are inductively exchanged between the branch and the one or more trunks.