Patent ID: 7283867
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: A61B,A61N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for acquiring and processing myoelectric signals (MES) comprising: at least one electrically conductive surface sized and configured for implantation in a targeted neural or muscular tissue region to acquire MES, a lead electrically coupled to the electrically conductive surface, the lead sized and configured to be positioned in subcutaneous tissue, an MES processor sized and configured to be coupled to the lead and positioned in subcutaneous tissue remote from the at least one electrically conductive surface, the MES processor comprising a housing having a size between about 5 mm and about 10 mm thick, between about 30 mm and about 40 mm wide, and between about 50 mm and about 60 mm long, circuitry carried entirely within the housing operable to process the MES, a rechargeable battery coupled to the circuitry and carried entirely within the housing, and the MES processor including non-inductive wireless telemetry circuitry using VHF/UHF signals, the non-inductive wireless telemetry circuitry being functional at a distance as far as arm's reach away from the patient, and being adapted for programming and interrogation of the MES processor.