SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER FOR VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES

Abstract: a wireless power transfer system is provided. the system includes an external transmit resonator and an implantable receive resonator. the transmit resonator is configured to transmit wireless power, wherein the external transmit resonator includes one of i) one or more loops of litz wire and ii) a plurality of stacked plates. the implantable receive resonator is configured to receive the transmitted wireless power from the external transmit resonator, wherein the implantable receive resonator is configured to power a ventricular assist device (vad) implanted in a subject using the received wireless power. the implantable receive resonator includes the other of i) the one or more loops of litz wire and ii) the plurality of stacked plates.

Inventor(s): John Freddy Hansen, Eric Lee

CPC Classification: A61M60/873 (DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals ; means for inserting tampons ; devices for administering food or medicines orally ; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids ); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery ; chemical aspects of surgical articles ); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents )})

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