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WO2018206679A1
WO2018206679A1 PCT/EP2018/062075 EP2018062075W WO2018206679A1 WO 2018206679 A1 WO2018206679 A1 WO 2018206679A1 EP 2018062075 W EP2018062075 W EP 2018062075W WO 2018206679 A1 WO2018206679 A1 WO 2018206679A1
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Peter Husar
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Technische Universitaet Ilmenau
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung eV
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    • H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
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    • H04B5/00—Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems
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    • H04B5/24—Inductive coupling
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    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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    • H02J2310/00—The network for supplying or distributing electric power characterised by its spatial reach or by the load
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  • Embodiments of the present invention relate to a device for supplying energy to an implant or a prosthesis and to a corresponding implant.
  • Preferred embodiments relate to an arrangement and method for the wireless energetic supply of implants by reshaping the respiratory energy.
  • implants and prostheses for functional replacement in living organisms by electrochemical energy sources (batteries, accumulators) and / or converters of energy from the environment (light, heat, movement, radiation) supplied.
  • Batteries are used, for example, to supply energy to the cochlear or retina implants, whereby both the power supply and the signal transmission are implemented inductively in a very short way.
  • FIG. 2 a shows a state-of-the-art approach, according to which signal transmission takes place inductively between an external unit, here the spectacle 10, to form an implant 12.
  • the glasses 10 include a camera, while the implant 12 is, for example, an intraocular implant, wherein a receiver unit 12e is arranged for signal transmission in the ear so that it lies in the region of the eyeglass temple which acts as a transmitter 10s.
  • a power supply In addition to the pure signal can also take place here a power supply.
  • the positioning of the transmitter and receiver pair behind the ear is a predestined variant not only in the area of intraocular implants, but also for cochlear implants.
  • the transmitter 10s belongs to the outdoor unit 10, which then realizes not only the signal transmission but also the power supply via the transmitter 0s.
  • a battery is provided on the outdoor unit 0.
  • the electrochemical energy sources are only temporarily usable. They must either be replaced after the consumption of their energy (batteries in hearing aids, Cl implants, cardiac pacemakers) or recharged.
  • the changing frequency of the batteries / accumulators varies greatly. While it amounts to an average of one day cycle for hearing aids and cochlear implants, it reaches, for example, approx. For example, in cardiac pacemakers and implantable defibrillators several years.
  • EEM energy harvester, energy harvester
  • energy harvester converts, according to various conversion principles, the energy harvested from their environment into electricity / magnetism.
  • EEM energy harvester, energy harvester
  • both the energy produced by humans (mechanical, thermal) and surrounding energy sources (light, RF fields, heat) are used.
  • mechanical energy is primarily used by using piezoelectric elements to power various portable systems.
  • Light and heat are converted into electricity by transducers on the body surface to provide power to portable systems, e.g. B. mobile EEG measuring system (Fig. 2c).
  • Fig. 2c shows another prior art approach, but not in the context of implants, but in the context of EEG measurement systems.
  • This EEG measuring system 14 shown here is worn as a headband and comprises a thermoelectric converter for powering the portable EEG measuring system.
  • the object of the present invention is to find improved energy supply routes for implants on the human body.
  • Embodiments of the present invention provide a device for powering an implant with a body-worn element and energy transfer means.
  • the body worn member may be a chest strap and is configured to provide electrical, electromagnetic, or magnetic energy upon expansion or generally during movement.
  • the energy transfer means are designed to be based on the electrical, electromagnetic or magnetic energy, an energy field, for. B. in the form of a magnetic field to the energy supply of the implant. It should be noted that the energy conversion means and the energy transfer means by one and the same element, such as.
  • the body-worn member includes both the power generating means and the power transmitting means.
  • the element carried on the body is an element worn around the breast, such as a breast.
  • a chest belt which is designed to convert the energy of breathing into electrical and / or magnetic energy.
  • the core of the present invention is therefore that it has been recognized that implants, such.
  • implants such as cochlear implants, but also prostheses can be powered by worn on the body energy harvester, if the particular of the body movement extracted energy wirelessly transmitted to the implants or prostheses.
  • This approach eliminates the need for a temporary (electrochemical) energy source that needs to be replaced and recharged. This eliminates the annoying and user-friendly periodic replacement of the battery or recharging. This is also a socio-medical contribution to the quality of life. From an economic point of view, all costs for relatively expensive energy sources as well as personnel costs of the often necessary medical or medical-technical personnel are eliminated.
  • an implant cochlear implant, retina implant, neuronal stimulator
  • external parts of an implant become superfluous so that the implant can be accommodated completely intracorporeally.
  • Further embodiments relate to a variant in which primarily electrical energy, for. B. is provided by a piezoelectric element or a tribulogical element based on the movement or the expansion.
  • an energy converter can then also be provided on the side of the energy transmission means, which then converts this electrical energy into an energy field, such as an energy field.
  • B. converts an electric field or magnetic field.
  • induction coils are conceivable.
  • the energy transmission means are formed, the energy field focused to the implant, that is provided in the intended support shape of the body-worn element to the implant, z. B. in the direction of the head, if it is a cochlear or a retina implant to radiate.
  • a magnetic field is radiated. With this magnetic field, according to a further exemplary embodiment, the radiation can take place such that the field lines extend through the implant or around the implant.
  • Another embodiment relates to an outer garment, such.
  • a shirt or undershirt which has integrated the above-mentioned device.
  • This undershirt may be formed, for example, from the above-described mechano-magnetic threads.
  • Another embodiment relates to an implant, such. B. a cochlear implant having energy receiving means, wherein the energy receiving means are aligned with intended implantation of the implant to the ribcage of the human body.
  • the proposed implantation refers to the appropriate orientation with respect to the human body, such. B. against the bone.
  • Another embodiment relates to a system with a corresponding harvester device and the implant. Of course, in this system, the harvester device may be integrated into an outer garment.
  • 1 a is a schematic representation of a body-worn energy harvester for supplying an implant according to a basic embodiment
  • Fig. 1 b is a schematic representation of another carried on the body
  • Fig. 1c is a schematic representation of a body-worn energy harvester in the form of an outer garment according to an extendedskysbeispiei; schematic representations of implants or generally worn on the body elements for explaining state-of-the-art approaches to power these elements.
  • Fig. 1 a shows a human body 1 of a patient, the implant 12, such. B. implanted a cochlear implant in his head.
  • the body 1 carries the device 5 for powering the implant 12.
  • the device 5 is designed to withstand mechanical energy, such. B. in the form of an explosion or a movement in electrical and / or electrical energy and to provide them wirelessly implant 12 available.
  • mechanical energy such. B. in the form of an explosion or a movement in electrical and / or electrical energy and to provide them wirelessly implant 12 available.
  • two functions namely the actual energy harvesting and the wireless energy transmission unites, wherein the two functions can be realized either by combined or separate means.
  • the embodiment of Fig. 1 a shows the separated approach.
  • the device 5 is designed as a bandage or generally as a body-worn element, which is here in the chest is curious.
  • the energy-generating elements, such as. B. piezoelectric filaments are provided with the reference numeral 6, which are connected to a corresponding electronics 8 for
  • the device 5 is an element worn on the chest.
  • harvesting is designed for the respiratory activity that is present in any living organism anyway.
  • the breathing activity leads to an expansion of the bandage 5, which then converts this expansion energy into electrical (piezoelectric, tribological) or magnetic energy.
  • the (electronic) circuit 8 With the help of the (electronic) circuit 8, the energy obtained is converted, for example, into a magnetic field or generally into an energy field 7.
  • the field lines of the specific field generated (magnetic field) are such that the implants 12 or prostheses can use it to generate electrical current to maintain their functionality.
  • a CI (cochlear implant) 12 should be supplied with electricity. So far, this is done via an induction loop through an extracorporeal system (speech processor including battery on the auricle). Instead, one can attach induction loops in the skull, preferably in the middle or inner ear, which internally convert the magnetic field 7 generated by the energy converter 5 into electrical current and use it to supply its own electronics.
  • the energy converter itself may be, for example, a belt with piezoelectric material or a shirt with woven piezoelectric filaments, which use the mechanics of the chest to generate energy.
  • the belt / shirt is an electronic circuit that converts the energy gained so that it can be transmitted wirelessly via a magnetic field (induction) to the implant or prosthesis. This eliminates the need for a temporary functioning energy source (battery) and a cable connection between energy converter and implant / prosthesis.
  • CMOS complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor
  • FPGA field-programmable gate array
  • ultra-low-power DSP ultra-low-power digital signal processor
  • the device 5 here comprises so-called "mechano-magnetic threads"6' or generally mechano-magnetic elements 6 'for generating energy, which are designed to hinder the mechanical energy, for example, during expansion or generally during movement to generate an energy field, such as a magnetic field, to energize the implant 12 of the patient 1.
  • the mechano-magnetic filaments would generate the required magnetic field itself and would therefore be the optimal variant from the viewpoint of energy and technological efficiency.
  • the most hardened energy is inductively transferable to the implant 12.
  • an implant 12 it is not absolutely necessary that an implant 12 is supplied with the energy, but in general also a portable system, such. B. an EEG system can be operated with this energy.
  • the implant 12 in this is the energy receiving element, such. B. the induction coil arranged such that it can receive the energy field 7 optimally. For this purpose, this is aligned with the means for transmitting energy 8 or, in the case of the embodiment from FIG. 1b, to the device 5 '.
  • the device 5 or 5 ' is carried accordingly, ie in the above exemplary embodiments around the breast.
  • the implant is implanted according to certain specifications in the human body 1, z. B. always with one side of the bone is so that the alignment in the body 1 is known.
  • the outerwear (T-shirt, undershirt) shown above, it should be noted that other clothing or also generally a belt, the z. B. is worn on the upper arm, would be possible.
  • the outerwear piece is predestined only because it is usually, for. B. is constantly moved by breathing and so energy does not need to be buffered.
  • the outerwear element is generally not so far away from the implants to be treated (cochlear implant or retina implant in the head or pacemaker in the chest region) that efficient energy transmission of the energy field should still be possible.
  • implant or the energy harvesting device has means for energy buffering, in the event that there is no energy for a short time or that the corresponding item of clothing is to be pulled out. This is especially important for implants for life support (pacemaker).
  • Another embodiment relates to a system comprising an element to be supplied, such as. As an implant or a prosthesis in combination with an energy-generating device, as shown in the embodiments of FIGS. 1 a-c.
  • Another embodiment relates to a method for supplying energy to an implant or a prosthesis.
  • the method comprises the steps: energy conversion of a mechanical energy or an expansion or movement and the wireless energy transfer, z. B. by means of a magnetic field.
  • This method also includes the intermediate steps of the intermediate energy transformations (mechanical in electrical and electrical in magnetic).
  • Some or all of the method steps may be performed by a hardware device (or using a hardware device).
  • Apparatus such as a microprocessor, a programmable computer or an electronic circuit. In some embodiments, some or more of the most important method steps may be performed by such an apparatus.
  • embodiments of the invention may be implemented in hardware or in software.
  • the implementation may be performed using a digital storage medium, such as a floppy disk, a DVD, a Blu-ray Disc, a CD, a ROM, a PROM, an EPROM, an EEPROM or FLASH memory, a hard disk, or other magnetic disk or optical memory are stored on the electronically readable control signals, which can cooperate with a programmable computer system or cooperate such that the respective method is performed. Therefore, the digital storage medium can be computer readable.
  • some embodiments according to the invention include a data carrier having electronically readable control signals capable of interacting with a programmable computer system such that one of the methods described herein is performed.
  • embodiments of the present invention may be implemented as a computer program product having a program code, wherein the program code is operable to perform one of the methods when the computer program product runs on a computer.
  • the program code can also be stored, for example, on a machine-readable carrier.
  • Other embodiments include the computer program for performing any of the methods described herein, wherein the computer program is stored on a machine-readable medium.
  • an embodiment of the method according to the invention is thus a computer program which has a program code for performing one of the methods described herein when the computer program runs on a computer.
  • a further embodiment of the inventive method is thus a data carrier (or a digital storage medium or a computer-readable medium) on which the computer program is recorded for carrying out one of the methods described herein.
  • a further embodiment of the method according to the invention is thus a data stream or a sequence of signals, which represent the computer program for performing one of the methods described herein.
  • the data stream or the sequence of signals may be configured, for example, to be transferred via a data communication connection, for example via the Internet.
  • Another embodiment includes a processing device, such as a computer or a programmable logic device, that is configured or adapted to perform one of the methods described herein.
  • a processing device such as a computer or a programmable logic device, that is configured or adapted to perform one of the methods described herein.
  • Another embodiment includes a computer on which the computer program is installed to perform one of the methods described herein.
  • Another embodiment according to the invention comprises a device or system adapted to transmit a computer program for performing at least one of the methods described herein to a receiver.
  • the transmission can be done for example electronically or optically.
  • the receiver may be, for example, a computer, a mobile device, a storage device or a similar device.
  • the device or system may include a file server for transmitting the computer program to the recipient.
  • a programmable logic device eg, a field programmable gate array, an FPGA
  • a field programmable gate array may cooperate with a microprocessor to perform one of the methods described herein.
  • the methods are performed by any hardware device. This may be a universal hardware such as a computer processor (CPU) or hardware specific to the process, such as an ASIC.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif pour l'alimentation en énergie d'un implant, comprenant un élément porté sur le corps ainsi que des moyens de transfert d'énergie. L'élément porté sur le corps est conçu pour mettre à disposition de l'énergie électrique, électromagnétique et/ou magnétique lors d'une dilatation et/ou d'un mouvement. Les moyens de transfert d'énergie sont conçus pour émettre un champ d'énergie afin d'alimenter l'implant en énergie, sur base de l'énergie électrique, électromagnétique et/ou magnétique.
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