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Title:
INTRACORPOREAL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/031734
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
 To continuously supply power in a more reliable manner to an intracorporeal implant-type medical device upon reducing the physical burden on a patient. An intracorporeal power generation system (100) provided in a living body, said system (100) generating power fed to an intracorporeal implant-type medical device (10), wherein the intracorporeal power generation system (100) is provided with: electrodes (106) provided so as to be capable of applying a voltage to muscle tissue (20) at a predetermined site in vivo; a movable part (108) provided so as to be capable of moving in a predetermined direction upon detection of muscle tissue contraction in response to application of the voltage to the electrodes; a power generation mechanism (104) for generating an electromotive force in concert with the movement of the movable part; a string-shaped connecting member (110) having one end connected to the movable part and the other end connected to the power generation mechanism; and a control unit (118) for controlling the voltage applied to the electrodes.

Inventors:
HIJIKATA WATARU (JP)
SAHARA GENTA (JP)
SHINSHI TADAHIKO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2015/073617
Publication Date:
March 03, 2016
Filing Date:
August 21, 2015
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Assignee:
TOKYO INST TECH (JP)
International Classes:
H02K21/24; A61N1/378; H02N1/10
Foreign References:
US20050027332A12005-02-03
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JP2009236001A2009-10-15
JPH0749121A1995-02-21
JP2010286428A2010-12-24
JP2011097718A2011-05-12
JPH0666205U1994-09-16
JP2012066068A2012-04-05
JPH05215185A1993-08-24
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KOIKE, Akira et al. (JP)
Akira Koike (JP)
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