US 12,233,250 B2
Device for inductive energy transmission into a human body and use thereof
Ingo Stotz, Ditzingen (DE); Samuel Vasconcelos Araujo, Esslingen (DE); and Michael Jiptner, Besigheim (DE)
Assigned to Kardion GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/051,414
Filed by KARDION GMBH, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed May 2, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/061315
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/211410, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102018206750.3 (DE), filed on May 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0386990 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 60/871 (2021.01); A61M 60/148 (2021.01); A61M 60/178 (2021.01); A61M 60/205 (2021.01); A61M 60/873 (2021.01)
CPC A61M 60/148 (2021.01) [A61M 60/178 (2021.01); A61M 60/205 (2021.01); A61M 60/873 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for inductive energy transmission, the apparatus comprising:
a transmitter unit comprising:
a housing comprising a contact surface configured to contact a body of a patient;
at least one transmitter coil positioned within the housing;
an insulating element configured to be arranged between the at least one transmitter coil and the contact surface, wherein the insulating element is configured to have a poorer thermal conductivity than a base of the housing; and
a conductive element configured to be arranged on an outer side of the housing at least partially between the contact surface and the body of the patient on a side of the insulating element opposite from the at least one transmitter coil, the conductive element comprising a material having a thermal conductivity of 1 W/mK or greater; and
a receiver unit configured to be positioned in the body of the patient and comprising a receiver coil.