Electromedical implantable or extracorporeally applicable device for the treatment or monitoring of organs, and method for therapeutic organ treatment

Abstract

The invention relates to an electromedical implantable or extracorporeally applicable device for treating and monitoring organs as well as a method for therapeutic organ treatment. The aim of the invention is to create an electromedical implantable or externally applicable device which allows healing processes to be excited in diseased organs. Said aim is achieved by an electromedical implantable or extracorporeally applicable device for treating and monitoring organs, comprising a programmable generator and receiver unit which generates and receives electrical microcurrents and electromagnetic power and is connected in a conducting manner to electrodes, a telemetry unit that is integrated into the generator and receiver unit and is provided with a transmitter and a receiver for exchanging data with extracorporeal devices, and a power supply unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An implantable electromedical or extracorporeally applicable device for organ treatment and organ monitoring, comprising
 a power supply unit;   two electrodes configured to be positioned near organs from the group encompassing the heart, the liver, the kidneys and the lungs;   a programmable generator and receiver unit that generates and receives electric microcurrents and electromagnetic energy and is electrically connected to electrodes; and   an integrated telemetry unit integrated in the a programmable generator and receiver unit and being equipped with a transmitter and receiver for data exchange with extracorporeal devices,   wherein the programmable generator and receiver unit generates and receives electric direct microcurrents in the range of 0.001 mA to 10 mA and electromagnetic energy, and is electrically connected to the two electrodes for delivering said electric and electromagnetic energy to organ tissue or extracellular areas of organs.   
     
     
         2 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the electrodes are transvenous electrodes. 
     
     
         3 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the electrodes are designed as patch electrodes. 
     
     
         4 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the electrodes further comprise permanent magnets. 
     
     
         5 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the electrodes further comprise small coils connected with the programmable generator and receiver unit for generating a magnetic field for delivery to the organ tissue or extracellular areas of organs. 
     
     
         6 . The device according to  claim 1 , further comprising sensors for detecting movements of the wall of the organ, wherein the sensors are integrated into the two electrodes and configured to attach directly to the organ. 
     
     
         7 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein one or more of the power supply unit, the telemetry unit and the generator and receiver unit are arranged partially or completely extracorporeally. 
     
     
         8 . The device according to  claim 1 , wherein the electrodes are designed to pick up signals from organ tissue and transmit said signals to the programmable generator and receiver unit.