1. A system for communicating with an implantable medical device, comprising:
an external controller integrated within a single housing, the external controller comprising two telemetry coils each wound around axes that are orthogonal within the housing for communicating data with the implantable medical device via magnetic inductive coupling; and
an external charging coil assembly containing a charging coil for providing power to the implantable medical device, wherein the assembly is attachable to and detachable from the external controller at a port on the external controller.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the external charging coil assembly is flexible.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the external charging coil assembly does not contain a user interface.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the external controller contains circuitry for energizing the charging coil.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the port comprises a USB port.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the external controller controls the charging coil.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the external controller comprises a color display.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein external charging coil assembly further comprises at least one temperature sensor for reporting at least one temperature to the external controller.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. Vinyl monomers having double bonds derived from highly unsaturated fatty acids represented by the general formula (1):
R1COOH(1)
wherein R1 is a C19-24 hydrocarbon having 5 or 6 unsaturated bonds, and the derivatives thereof.
2. Vinyl monomers in claim 1, wherein the highly unsaturated fatty acids represented by the general formula (1) are eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, hexadecatetraenoic acid, octatetraenoic acid, eicosatetraenoic acid, docosatetraenoic acid, andor fatty acids derived from fatty acid esters remaining as the residue in distillation of esterified fish oil.
3. Vinyl monomers of claim 1, wherein the derivatives of highly polyunsaturated fatty acids represented by the general formula (1) are fatty acid esters remaining as the residue in distillation of esterified fish oil.
4. Vinyl monomers of claim 2, wherein said monomers are obtained by esterification of highly unsaturated fatty acids represented by the general formula (1) with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate.
5. Vinyl monomers of claim 1, wherein the derivatives of highly unsaturated fatty acids represented by the general formula (1) are eicosapentaenol, docosapentaenol, docosahexaenol, hexadecatetraenol, octatetraenol, eicosatetraenol, docosatetraenol, andor alcohols derived from fatty acid esters remaining as the residue of distillation of esterified fish oil, and said monomers are prepared by esterification of the above-mentioned compounds with acrylic acid andor methacrylic acid.
6. Polymers obtained by polymerization of a vinyl monomer of claim 1 to claim 5.
7. Copolymers obtained by copolymerization of a vinyl monomer of claim 1 to claim 5 with another monomer.