Patent ID: 6802811
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A system for monitoring and responding to the environment of an implanted device comprising:one or more sensors configured for monitoring data relating to variables selected from the group consisting of electrical, magnetic, mechanical, fluid flow, chemical, and thermal properties in the device or its environment in a patient, at least one actuator configured for implementing a response to the monitored data in the device by causing a configurational change in the device; and means for communication selected from the group consisting of a means for communication to one of a series of nested loops of information exchange, monitoring means configured for positioning external to the patient, an external input connected through loops to effectuate change in the device from the at least one actuator, transmitting and receiving means to the one or more sensors and means for remotely accessing the data; wherein the one or more sensors directly interact with the device through the at least one actuator such that data transmitted from the one or more sensors to the at least one actuator causes a configurational change in the device.