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Implanted device wireless power supply control method, in-vitro processing device and system

Filed by Chinese Institute for Brain Research and NeuCyber NeuroTech, first in 2025.

Granted · CNView in Espacenet
Earliest priority
5 Aug 2025 · China
Status
A grant was published in China, first on 12 Dec 2025
Published in
China
Registered as
INST FOR BRAIN SCIENCE AND BRAIN · 北京脑科学与类脑研究所 · BEIJING XINZHIDA NERVE TECH CO LTD · 北京芯智达神经技术有限公司
Inventors
罗敏敏 · 张垒 · 桑浩钧 · 敖永贤
Family
DOCDB 96816114 · 2 publications

What it concerns

The invention discloses an implanted device wireless power supply control method, an in-vitro processing device and an in-vitro processing system, and belongs to the technical field of biomedicine. Through a sectional type power supply voltage control method, the voltage is gradually increased to the maximum value in a boosting section, and large load impact of a resonance circuit of the in-vitro processing device during starting is relieved; the maximum value of the power supply voltage is gradually reduced to a rated value in the voltage reduction section, large load impact of a resonance circuit of the in-vivo implanted device during starting is relieved, power judgment is carried out in combination with current monitoring of the resonance circuit, transient thermal damage and bioelectricity or electrochemical interference are avoided, and the reliability of the in-vivo implanted device is improved. And high-efficiency and stable electric energy transmission is realized on the premise of ensuring biological safety.

The abstract as published by the patent office, from CN120566720A. It describes the invention; it is not a statement of what is protected.

Protection themes

  • Implant electronics

    Implant electronics

  • Packaging

    Packaging and hermeticity

  • Power

    Wireless power

What the filing appears to be about, read by published rules from its title, abstract and classification codes (A61N1/37512, A61N1/37514, A61N1/3787, G01R19/25, G05B19/0423). The claims define what a patent protects, and they are not read here.

Why it matters

Implant electronics
An implant has room for very little, so functions that fill a rack in the laboratory have to fit on a chip. The problem behind it: fitting channel count, computing and safety functions into a volume and a heat budget the body accepts.
Packaging
Body fluid destroys unprotected electronics. An implant meant to last has to stay sealed for years while passing every channel through its wall. The problem behind it: a seal that lasts as long as the patient needs it, at a size that leaves room for the channels.
Power
A wire through the skin is a standing infection risk, and a battery sets how long a device runs and how large it is. The problem behind it: enough power through the skin without heating it, and without a connector that breaks the skin.

Why the layer matters to the field, not a judgement of this filing. A patent family shows that protection was sought. It does not show that the technology was built, is used in a product, or works in people. The whole stack

The family

One invention, published 2 times in 1 office. Each publication opens in Espacenet.

Timeline

  1. 5 Aug 2025First filingEarliest priority, at China. The family is counted in this year.
  2. 29 Aug 2025First publicationCN120566720A, China.
  3. 12 Dec 2025Grant publishedCN120566720B, China.

Dates as the offices published them. Office records are in the offices' own words and are a selection: refusals, lapses and withdrawals, and records that name an owner. Each concerns one member of the family, not the family as a whole, and another member in the same office may stand. Whether a patent is in force today is not assessed.

Sources

  • Bibliographic data, family members and office records: European Patent Office, Open Patent Services (the DOCDB and INPADOC databases), read 7 Oct 2026.
  • The record itself, with its claims and description: CN120566720A in Espacenet
  • Counted as a BCI patent family: classified A61N1/375 (implanted stimulators: housings and feedthroughs); filed by 北京芯智达神经技术有限公司, an organisation already in the graph; a hardware layer of the stack, filed by a company that builds interfaces. How families are found and judged