Implantable sound generator for generating sound from movements and/or forces and/or pressure in the human or animal body, for the detection of physiologic and/or non-physiologic and/or pathologic processes in interaction with an acoustic receiver unit. The sound generator consists of a bio-degradable material and has a miniaturised configuration. The sound generator may be configured in the form of a whistle or a pulse sensor or a chim or ratchet or as sonic thermometer. The sound generator may be used to detect and analyse the pulse and/or the blood flow and/or movements of the cardiac wall and to detect and analyse loaded bones and/or capsular tissue and/or impolants and/or prostheses and/or materials for the osteosynthesis of bones and/or the temperature. The invention moreover relates to a system for detecting and analysing physiologic and/or non-physiologic and/or pathologic processes by means of at least one sound generator and at least one acoustic receiver unit, as well as to a method of detecting and analysing non-physiologic and/or pathologic processes by means of at least one sound generator and at least one acoustic receiver unit.
IMPLANTABLE SOUND GENERATOR AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE DETECTION AND ANALYSIS OF PROCESSES AND CONDITIONS