US 12,390,666 B2
Method and system for detecting a connection terminal
Guillaume Bouchoux, Villeurbanne (FR); and Matthieu Cholvy, Peage de Roussillon (FR)
Assigned to CARTHERA, Lyons (FR)
Appl. No. 18/724,778
Filed by CARTHERA, Lyons (FR)
PCT Filed Dec. 28, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/087934
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 27, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/126430, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 6, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2114574 (FR), filed on Dec. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0128095 A1, Apr. 24, 2025
Int. Cl. A61N 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 7/00 (2013.01) [A61N 2007/0021 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for treating a pathology comprising: an implantable device implantable configured to be implanted at an opening made in a cranium of a patient, wherein said implantable-device includes an ultrasound treatment unit having which has upper and lower faces and including an electrical connection terminal extending which extends on the upper face,
a remote-control configured to determine and control operating parameters of the implantable device, and delivering to deliver electricity thereto to the implantable device,
electrical connectors configured to electrically connect the ultrasound treatment unit to the remote-control via the electrical connection terminal,
wherein the implantable device comprises a positioning indicator in order to facilitate detection of the position of the electrical connection terminal, wherein said positioning indicator comprises at least two light-emitting sources configured to emit light radiation towards the outside of the upper face, and wherein the electrical connection terminal extends between said light-emitting sources.