Patent ID: 7650187

Claim:
An assembly for wireless energy communication to an implantable device configured to be implanted in a wearer, comprising: an external belt configured to accommodate a first plurality of elements, the first plurality of elements comprising: a wearer control; a first controller connected to the wearer control; a first battery pack for normally supplying power to and directly powering the implantable device; an inverter operatively connected to and controlled by the first controller; a transmission coil for transmitting the power supplied by the battery pack and connected in parallel to a plurality of capacitors; and an infrared transceiver; and the implantable device comprising an implant electronics module comprising: a receiver coil having the same dimensions as said transmission coil configured to receive the power transmitted by the transmission coil; a rectifier operatively connected to said receiver coil; an infrared transceiver; a second controller operatively connected to the infrared transceiver; a sensor assembly assigned and operatively connected to the second controller; an energy manager operatively connected to the rectifier; and a second battery pack operatively connected to the energy manager for powering said implantable device responsive to the energy manager in the absence of power being supplied by the first battery pack; wherein said wearer control comprises a display and a processor for faultless communication and analysis of data signals for controlling the frequency and power of the inverter that are communicated by infrared to and from said implantable device; wherein said transmission coil is operable at a field strength that is regulated at said implanted device; wherein the implant electronics module continually measures the voltage made available to it, compares the measured voltage to a required voltage, and transmits the measured voltage and comparison results to the wearer control, such that only a sufficient amount of energy is communicated to said implantable device to operate said implanted device.