Implantable Electromedical Device for Organ Healing via Microcurrents
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electromedical devices can diagnose and treat certain heart conditions but are unable to stimulate the healing process of diseased organs or treat heart failure effectively.
Innovation Solution
An implantable or extracorporeally applicable device with a programmable generator and receiver unit that delivers electric microcurrents and electromagnetic energy, combined with electrodes and a telemetry unit for monitoring, allowing for telemetric communication and tissue impedance measurement, is used to stimulate healing processes in organs by regulating cytokines, collagen metabolism, and growth hormones.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If electric microcurrents and electromagnetic energy are applied to stimulate healing processes, then organ function and vitality are improved, but device complexity increases due to integration of generator, telemetry, and power supply units
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functional units (programable generator and receiver unit, telemetry unit with transmitter and receiver, power supply unit) into a single integrated implantable device, merging functions that were previously performed by separate devices into one cohesive system
Solution Approach 2:
The implantable device performs multiple functions simultaneously: generating and receiving electric microcurrents, telemetric communication for data exchange, power supply management, and monitoring tissue impedance changes, making it a multi-functional universal device
2Measurement precision
If telemetric communication and monitoring capabilities are added to the device, then measurement precision of tissue impedance is improved, but use of energy increases due to additional transmission and reception functions
Solution Approach 1:
The device incorporates a feedback mechanism where tissue impedance changes during healing are measured and transmitted telemetrically, allowing monitoring of treatment progress and adjustment of parameters based on actual tissue response
Solution Approach 2:
The device measures and responds to changes in tissue impedance parameters, using these parameter changes as indicators of healing progress and adjusting treatment accordingly
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The device effectively stimulates healing processes in organs by delivering microcurrents and electromagnetic energy, improving organ function and vitality, with the ability to monitor treatment success telemetrically and combine with other treatments for heart failure.
Implementation Method 1
generates and receives electric microcurrents and/or electromagnetic energy
Implementation Method 2
generates and receives electric microcurrents and/or electromagnetic energy
Implementation Method 3
a telemetry unit integrated into the generator and receiver unit and having a transmitter and a receiver for data exchange with extracorporeal devices
Implementation Method 4
Since tissue impedances are altered by the healing process, the device should also be capable of measuring this effect
Data Source
AI summary
An electromedical implantable or externally applicable device allows healing processes to be excited in diseased organs. The device comprises a programmable generator and receiver unit (3) which generates and receives electrical microcurrents and electromagnetic power and is connected in a conducting manner to electrodes (4, 5), a telemetry unit (6) that is integrated into the generator and receiver unit (3) and is provided with a transmitter and a receiver for exchanging data with extracorporeal devices, and a power supply unit (7).