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replaced
with two new (off the shelf) surface components and that doing so
required in-house post-
processing.
The legitimate reason behind elimination of the resistor and diode
involves Schulman’s want and
need
for a smaller implant, so placing tiny additional circuitry with the
implanted chip would be needed and
thus,
also would need to be explained. I contend that the components were not
defective and that they were
not
replaced with two comparable components as indicated. The reason
Schulman removed them is
because
the diode and resistor would not be necessary after stacking an
additional, small circuitry, (based
on the
Suspended Carrier telemetry protocol) onto the existing ASIC as
described above. This additional
circuitry
was for the mixed signal demodulation required for long-range RF
bi-directional telemetry and also
performed
DAC, clock, state machine and other functions. Schulman lays it on
thick in QPR’s, however
contradicting
(but accurate) explanation exists in their patent filings where they
are forced to be honest in
order
to protect their invention:
QPR #3
conceals the reason for removing the diode and resistor by claiming the
components are defective:
“…we
were dealing with a chip that had a defective diode on board, which
made the chip useless. Luckily,
the
position of the diode in the circuit and physically on the chip was
such that it could be effectively
removed
from the chip and replaced by an external diode. Moreover, the
resistor, essential for the data
demodulation,
was also conveniently placed and could be replaced by an external
device. Having two
additional
devices in a small package required redesign of the package which in
turn demanded
repositioning
of the bonding pads using a relatively inexpensive gold-bumping
process…” (QPR #3, Sept
10,
1995 – Dec 9, 1995)
In the
patent below, Schulman describes how additional circuitry can be used
to upgrade an implant device
from a
system that requires an external coil and driver circuitry, to one that
is fully implantable. One doesn’t
have
to look far past contract #N01-NS5-2325 when wondering how Joseph
Schulman came up with such a
concept.
Other descriptions in U.S. Patent 6,067,474 have allowed me to assess
that Schulman and Loeb
refer
to the system used for their illegal and unethical research as a
“proximity system” and that it was
developed
as part of NIH microstimulator contract N01-NS5-2325 and substantiated
by it’s filing date.
“Appropriate
switching circuitry is included with the battery (or capacitor) in the
second device to convert
the
dc power of the battery to ac power for transmission to the first
device. This ac power may be
modulated,
as desired, to also transmit information, e.g., control signals, from
the second device to the first
device.
Yet a further embodiment of the invention, hereafter referred to as the
"proximity system"
embodiment,
resides in a fully implantable system that includes first and second
implantable devices. The
first
device houses electronic circuitry for performing a desired function.
The second device houses a
replenishable
power source, and may also include additional circuitry. Thus, one use
of this proximity
system
embodiment allows a second device.. that has heretofore been included
in an external device, to be
implanted
proximate an implant device of an existing system, thereby effectively
upgrading the existing
system
to a fully implantable system.” (6,067,474: “Implantable device with
improved battery recharging
and
powering configuration” Inventors: Joseph Schulman (U.S. Provisional
Application Ser. No.
60/054,480,
filed Aug. 1, 1997)
U.S.
Patent Office filing contains accurate information:
Patent
5,697,076: “Suspended carrier modulation of high-Q transmitters” (the
only patent
legitimately
indicating that it was made under government support) December 9, 1997,
Inventors:
Troyk;
Philip R.; Heetderks; William; Schwan; Martin; Loeb; Gerald Assignee:
Illinois Institute of
Technology
(Chicago, IL); United States of America as represented by the
Department of Health
and
Human Services (Washington, DC) Appl. No.: 432605 Filed: May 1, 1995