Patent ID: 9538957
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M,A61N

Claim:
1. An implantable device for providing therapy to or monitoring the physiology of a living being, said device including: a structural support formed from material designed for implantation into a living being; at least one component mounted to or in said structural support for performing at least one of: providing therapy to living tissue; monitor the physiology of the living tissue; or provide power to a second implantable device; a sleeve formed from electrically insulating flexible material that extends from said structural support, said sleeve including therein at least one wire that is connected to the said at least one component that provides therapy, monitors physiology or provides power through which signals are forward to or transmitted from said component; a cuff attached to said sleeve, said cuff formed from electrically insulating material and shaped to define an axially extending channel that is dimensioned to receive a trunk wherein, said cuff is further dimensioned to, while being disposed over the trunk, move over the trunk; and a coil disposed in said cuff, said coil being configured to inductively exchange signals with a conductor in the trunk and said coil being connected to said at least one wire disposed in said sleeve.