US 11,865,349 B2
Display device for a programming apparatus
Julian Merlin, Berlin (DE); Klaus Brandau, Eichwalde (DE); Christoph Hammerschmidt, Berlin (DE); Andreas Fechner, Berlin (DE); and Enrico Kurecki, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG, Berlin (DE)
Appl. No. 17/255,681
Filed by BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG, Berlin (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/066230
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 23, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/002097, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 210 760.2 (DE), filed on Jun. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0283407 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A61N 1/372 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/37247 (2013.01) [A61N 1/37229 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device for a programmer of an implant, wherein the display device comprises a square shaped frame which receives and holds the following components:
a display module which is designed to generate and display a representation,
a shielding layer which is arranged on the display module,
a flat capacitive touch sensor, which is arranged on the shielding layer, and
a cover placed on the touch sensor,
wherein the display device further comprises two separate antennas, and wherein:
a first antenna is arranged in a first corner region of the square shaped frame and a second antenna is arranged in a second separate corner region of the square shaped frame;
each individual antenna is designed to transmit and/or receive in the MICS frequency band; and
each of the first antenna and the second antenna includes a first antenna wing and a second antenna wing arranged to enclose an angle, the first antenna wing of each antenna extends from a respective corner of the corner region in one direction along the square shaped frame and the second antenna wing of each antenna extends from the respective corner in a second direction along the square shaped frame, the first direction being different from the second direction.