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A system intended for being at least partly implanted into a living body and comprising at least two modules or devices which are interconnected by a communication transmission channel, at least one of said modules being provided with transmitting and receiving means for a bidirectional exchange of

A system intended for being at least partly implanted into a living body and comprising at least two modules or devices which are interconnected by a communication transmission channel, at least one of said modules being provided with transmitting and receiving means for a bidirectional exchange of information with at least one further module and at least one other module of which being provided at least with receiving means or transmitting means for receiving information from at least one further module or for transmitting information to at least one further module, respectively. Within the intracorporal region, said communication transmission channel is wireless. It includes the ion medium of the intra and extracellular body liquids and provides for an electrolytic-galvanic coupling between two or more implantable modules and/or between at least one implantable module and external skin electrodes intended for connection to an external module. The exchange of information is effected by modulated medium frequency signals in the frequency range from 10 to 100 kHz which signals are passed through said communication transmission channel.

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In a system for monitoring a condition of a living body and/or providing one or more therapy regimens to the body comprising two or more discrete medical devices, at least one of which is implanted into the living body, the improvement for providing bidirectional exchange of information between said

In a system for monitoring a condition of a living body and/or providing one or more therapy regimens to the body comprising two or more discrete medical devices, at least one of which is implanted into the living body, the improvement for providing bidirectional exchange of information between said medical devices comprising: means associated with at least one of said medical devices for providing a first information signal representing a condition of the device and/or the living body; means for transforming said first information signal into a modulated medium frequency signal in the frequency range from 10 to 100 kHz; means for applying said modulated medium frequency signal to the ion medium of the intra and extracellular body liquids for providing an electrolytic/galvanic coupling between said two or more medical devices whereby said signals are passed through said living body between said medical devices; and means associated with at least the other of the two medical devices for receiving and demodulating said modulated medium frequency signal.