Patent ID: 8565870

Claim:
An implantable system for providing therapy to or monitoring the physiology of a living being, said system including: a plurality of devices each of which is implantable in the living being, wherein the devices are separate from and spaced apart from each other wherein: there is at least one first device that, when actuated, applies therapy and/or measures a physiological state of tissue against which the device is implanted; and there is at least one a second device separate from the at least one first device for generating commands to the at least one first device or receiving data signals from the at least one first device; a trunk with at least one conductor extends from said at least one first device or from said at least one second device; and a branch with at least one conductor extends from said at least one second device or said at least one first device, said branch including a cuff with an extension of the at least one branch conductor, said cuff being disposed at least partially around said trunk and being slip fitted over said trunk so as to be, post implantation of the system, able to independently move over said trunk; and wherein, said device from which said trunk extends outputs or receives AC signals over the at least one trunk conductor so that the signals are inductively exchanged between the at least one trunk conductor and the at least one branch conductor so as to result in signal exchange between the said devices to which said trunk and said at least one branch are connected.