Patent ID: 9343654
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: A61B,A61N,H01L,H02N,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for manufacturing an implantable receiver-stimulator for converting an acoustic field to electrical power comprising the steps of: forming an insulating layer on an electrically conductive sheet; forming a circuit pattern on the insulating layer; electrically connecting a first plurality of acoustic piezoelectric components to the circuit pattern on the sheet; electrically connecting a plurality of individual rectifier circuits to the circuit pattern on the sheet, the rectifier circuits configured to convert electrical power output from the piezoelectric components to a biologically stimulating electrical output; electrically connecting the biologically stimulating electrical output to a pair of stimulation electrodes; and folding the sheet into an octagonal or otherwise substantially cylindrical can structure, thereby arranging the acoustic piezoelectric components such that acoustic energy is harvested efficiently from any direction of the propagating acoustic field.