MEDICAL DEVICE FOR IMPLANTATION WITH TELEMETRIC SENSOR

摘要

There is disclosed a medical device (64) for implantation in a body comprising: one or more sensors (66) for sensing a physiologically or clinically relevant parameter; and telemetric communications means for telemetrically transmitting data related to a parameter sensed by the one or more sensors to a remote device (62). Preferred medical devices are heart valve devices, vascular grafts and stents. Preferred sensors are pressure sensors, aconstic sensors and electrochemical sensors.