Patent ID: 11944832
Assignee: SYNERGIA MEDICAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 14:
15. The AIMD according to claim 1, comprising a communication unit for sending data between the encapsulation unit and the tissue coupling unit, wherein the communication unit comprises,
at least one of a photodetector (63p) or a communication light source (63Lc) coupled to the electrical circuit (62) of the tissue coupling unit,
at least one of a photodetector (53p) or a communication light source (53Lc) coupled to the implanted controller (54) enclosed in the encapsulation unit, and
one or two communication optical fibres arranged as follows, either
a single communication optical fibre (41c) different from the stimulation optical fibre (41s) and located in the implanted energy transfer unit (40), the single communication optical fibre comprising a proximal end coupled to the encapsulation unit in optical communication with at least one of the photodetector (53p) or with the communication light source (53Lc) enclosed in the encapsulation unit, and a distal end coupled to the tissue coupling unit in optical communication with at least one of the communication light source (63Lc) or with the photodetector (63p) of the tissue coupling unit, respectively, or two communication optical fibres, comprising
a first communication optical fibre different from the stimulation optical fibre (41s) and located in the implanted energy transfer unit (40), comprising a proximal end coupled to the encapsulation unit in optical communication with the photodetector (53p) enclosed in the encapsulation unit, and a distal end coupled to the tissue coupling unit in optical communication with the communication light source (63Lc) of the tissue coupling unit, and
a second communication optical fibre different from both the stimulation optical fibre (41s) and the first communication optical fibre, comprising a proximal end coupled to the encapsulation unit in optical communication with the communication light source (53Lc) enclosed in the encapsulation unit, and a distal end coupled to the tissue coupling unit in optical communication with the photodetector (63p) of the tissue coupling unit.