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1. WO2013052510 - DEVICES AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE IMPLANT LENGTH SENSING

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Publication Number WO/2013/052510
Publication Date 11.04.2013
International Application No. PCT/US2012/058499
International Filing Date 02.10.2012
IPC
A61B 5/103 2006.1
AHUMAN NECESSITIES
61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
5Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
103Measuring devices for testing the shape, pattern, size or movement of the body or parts thereof, for diagnostic purposes
A61B 5/06 2006.1
AHUMAN NECESSITIES
61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
5Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
06Devices, other than using radiation, for detecting or locating foreign bodies
A61B 5/05 2006.1
AHUMAN NECESSITIES
61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
5Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
05Measuring for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fields
A61B 19/00 2006.1
AHUMAN NECESSITIES
61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
19Instruments, implements or accessories for surgery or diagnosis not covered by any of the groups A61B1/-A61B18/149
A61F 2/00 2006.1
AHUMAN NECESSITIES
61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
2Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
CPC
A61B 17/025
AHUMAN NECESSITIES
61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
17Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
02for holding wounds open; Tractors
025Joint distractors
A61B 5/0031
AHUMAN NECESSITIES
61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
5Measuring for diagnostic purposes
0002Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network
0031Implanted circuitry
A61B 5/053
AHUMAN NECESSITIES
61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
5Measuring for diagnostic purposes
05Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fields; Measuring using microwaves or radio waves 
053Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of a portion of the body
A61B 5/1076
AHUMAN NECESSITIES
61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
5Measuring for diagnostic purposes
103Detecting, measuring or recording devices for testing the shape, pattern, ; colour,; size or movement of the body or parts thereof, for diagnostic purposes
107Measuring physical dimensions, e.g. size of the entire body or parts thereof
1076for measuring dimensions inside body cavities, e.g. using catheters
A61B 5/6878
AHUMAN NECESSITIES
61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
5Measuring for diagnostic purposes
68Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient
6846specially adapted to be brought in contact with an internal body part, i.e. invasive
6867specially adapted to be attached or implanted in a specific body part
6878Bone
Applicants
  • ELLIPSE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. [US]/[US]
Inventors
  • POOL, Scott
Agents
  • DELANEY, Karoline, A.
Priority Data
13/253,06504.10.2011US
Publication Language English (en)
Filing Language English (EN)
Designated States
Title
(EN) DEVICES AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE IMPLANT LENGTH SENSING
(FR) DISPOSITIFS ET PROCÉDÉS DE DÉTECTION NON INVASIVE DE LONGUEUR D'IMPLANT
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Abstract
(EN) A device for the non-invasive sensing of the length of an implantable medical device includes an implantable medical device having first and second portions moveable relative to one another and a layer of resistive material disposed on one of the first and second portions. A contact is disposed on the other of the first and second portions, the contact being in sliding contact with the layer of resistive material upon relative movement between the first and second portions. A circuit is configured to measure the electrical resistance along a path including a variable length region of the layer of resistive material and the contact. The electrical resistance can then be converted into a length.
(FR) L'invention concerne un dispositif pour la détection non invasive de la longueur d'un dispositif médical implantable, lequel dispositif comprend un dispositif médical implantable ayant des première et seconde parties pouvant se déplacer l'une par rapport à l'autre et une couche de matériau résistant disposée sur l'une des première et seconde parties. Un contact est disposé sur l'autre des première et seconde parties, le contact étant en contact coulissant avec la couche de matériau résistant lors d'un déplacement relatif entre les première et seconde parties. Un circuit est configuré pour mesurer la résistance électrique le long d'un trajet comprenant une région de longueur variable de la couche de matériau résistant et le contact. La résistance électrique peut ensuite être convertie en une longueur.
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