Patent ID: 6431175
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A61B,A61N,H01L,H04R

Abstract:
A system for use in a medical procedure, said medical procedure utilizes radiation for irradiating a specific region of a patient's body, the system comprising:(a) at least one sensor adapted to be implanted within, or in proximity to, the specific region of the patient's body, said at least one sensor adapted for sensing at least one parameter associated with the radiation; and (b) a relaying device being in communication with said at least one sensor, said relaying device including a transducer unit designed for transducing an interrogating signal generated outside the body into a first electrical signal for powering said at least one sensor and for receiving a second electrical signal pertaining to said at least one parameter from said at least one sensor and transducing said second electrical signal into a signal transmitted outside the body thereby relaying information pertaining to said at least one parameter and therefore to said radiation outside of the patient's body.