Patent ID: 8447412
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: A61B,A61N,H04B

Abstract:
1. An active implantable medical device, comprising means for wireless intracorporeal communication with at least one other active implantable medical device via electrical signals conducted by the interstitial tissues of a patient's body comprising: Means for providing digital information to be communicated; at least one pair of electrodes Means for generating a pulse train containing a succession of electrical pulses, said generator means comprising a regulated current source, wherein said pulse train comprises a train of biphasic current pulse produced by said regulated current source, each biphasic pulse comprising a positive and a negative alteration; Means for modulating the pulse train by said digital information; and Means for injecting the modulated pulse train between said at least one pair of electrodes; wherein the modulation means further comprises means for modulating a temporal interval between the pairs of consecutive biphasic current pulses of the biphasic pulse train.