US 12,274,896 B2
Ultrasonic communication in medical devices
Youngsam Bae, Los Angeles, CA (US); Khoa Pham, Garden Grove, CA (US); Niels Smidth, Laguna Beach, CA (US); Everett Van Zuiden, Chula Vista, CA (US); Jorge Lopez Camacho, Aliso Viejo, CA (US); and Michael Moeller, Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Assigned to NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/151,899.
Application 18/151,899 is a continuation of application No. 16/785,240, filed on Feb. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,577,097.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/959,357, filed on Jan. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/802,457, filed on Feb. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158338 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/02 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/48 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 7/00 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4272 (2013.01); A61B 8/565 (2013.01); A61F 2/02 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 8/0875 (2013.01); A61B 8/4227 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0481 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30537 (2013.01); A61F 2/481 (2021.08); A61N 2007/0013 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0052 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0078 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a sensor module comprising:
an encapsulation hermetically sealing the sensor module;
an ultrasonic transducer;
a power store;
one or more sensors;
a controller operatively coupled to the ultrasonic transducer and the one or more sensors; and
a charging circuit operably connected to the power storage device and the ultrasonic transducer such that the power storage device receives power from the ultrasonic transducer; and
an implantable medical device having an interior portion, wherein at least a portion of the sensor module is disposed within the interior portion of the implantable medical device,
wherein the controller is configured such that upon receipt of ultrasound waves at the ultrasonic transducer corresponding to a particular modulated signal, the controller modifies an electrical switch to cause powering or powering down of the implantable medical device.