Patent ID: 9002456
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A microchip controller adapted to be coupled with an implant device that is implantable inside an organism and wherein the microchip controller is adapted to be coupled with an implant device antenna array to wirelessly communicate with a device external to the implant device, the antenna array comprising two or more individual antenna elements, the microchip controller comprising: a Radio Frequency (RF) transceiver that includes electronic circuit components that implement an RF transceiver send path, wherein the electronic circuit components that implement the RF transceiver send path comprise at least one phase adjuster, and electronic circuit components that implement an RF transceiver receive path; wherein the RF transceiver send path is configured to convert implant device data into RF signals, and to transmit RF signals via the antenna array to the device external to the implant device, and wherein the RF transceiver receive path is configured to convert RF signals received at the antenna array into data adapted for consumption by the implant device; wherein the microchip controller is adapted to evaluate relative phases of RF signals received via the individual antenna elements of the antenna array to determine a transmission direction of RF signals received at the antenna array; wherein the microchip controller is configured to control the RF transceiver send path comprising at least one phase adjuster to adjust phase of RF signals transmitted by each of the individual antenna elements in the antenna array to thereby adjust a strongest signal direction of transmitted RF signals such that the strongest signal direction of the transmitted RF signals is in the direction of the RF signals received at the antenna array.