Patent ID: 11951305
Assignee: SYNERGIA MEDICAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A system for visualizing by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), regions of a central nervous system of a patient (51) having an active implantable medical device (AIMD) (1), the system comprising:
the kit-of-parts according to claim 1, wherein the AIMD, the implantable source of communication light (20Li), and the implantable communication photodetector (20Pi) are implantable facing towards an area of skin of the patient;
a magnetic resonance (MR) device (200) located in a Faraday cage (220), for generating magnetic resonance images (MRI) or spectra (MRS), including functional magnetic resonance images (fMRI) or spectra (fMRS) of a central nervous system of the patient;
a control room (210) located outside of the Faraday cage, and enclosing,
the external processing unit (100),
the external communication unit (102), in wireless communication or in wire or optical communication with the external processing unit (100), and
an MR controller (201) for controlling the functions of the MR-device;

a cage feedthrough (103) configured for providing a continuous optical communication through each of the one or more optical fibres (1040 of the optical communication lead (104) between,
a proximal end coupled to the external communication unit (102) and located in the control room, and
a distal end located in the Faraday cage, and configured to be coupled to the area of skin of the patient, in good alignment with at least one of the implantable source of communication light (20Li) or the implantable communication photodetector (20Pi) of the encapsulation unit (5); and
wherein the external processing unit (100) is in two-way communication with the electronic circuit (5e) of the encapsulation unit (5) for transferring parameters and commands to the electronic circuit (5e), and for displaying information sent from the implantable source of communication light (20Li).