METHOD FOR REGULATING TETS POWER TRANSFER

    公开(公告)号:US20220257923A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-18

    申请号:US17174717

    申请日:2021-02-12

    申请人: Medtronic, Inc.

    摘要: In an implanted medical device system, an internal controller, external power transmitter and methods for regulation of TETS power for an implanted medical device system are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method in an external power transmitter of an implanted medical device system includes determining a current in an external coil of the external power transmitter, multiplying the determined current by a supply voltage to determine a power delivered to the external coil, and controlling the power delivered to the external coil by adjusting the current in the external coil.

    METHOD FOR POWER MONITORING AND DYNAMICALLY MANAGING POWER IN A FULLY IMPLANTED LVAD SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220193393A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17130197

    申请日:2020-12-22

    申请人: Medtronic, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61M60/876 A61M60/508

    摘要: In an implanted medical device system, an internal controller, external power transmitter and methods for monitoring and dynamically managing power in an implanted medical device system are disclosed. According to one aspect, an internal controller is configured to provide power to a motor of an implanted medical device, the power being drawn from at least one of an internal battery and an internal coil, the at least one of the internal battery and the internal coil providing a supplied voltage. The internal controller includes processing circuitry configured to switch to one of the internal battery, the internal coil and a combination of the internal battery and the internal coil, based on a comparison of the supplied voltage to a threshold.

    CLOSED LOOP POWER REGULATION FOR A TRANSCUTANEOUS ENERGY SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210408843A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17361669

    申请日:2021-06-29

    申请人: Medtronic, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H02J50/80 H02J50/10

    摘要: A controller implantable within the body of a patient as part of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) system and a method therefore are provided. According to one aspect, the controller includes processing circuitry configured to determine a voltage difference by determining a difference between a first voltage obtained from an internal coil of the controller and a target voltage, and is further configured to encode the voltage difference to produce an encoded voltage difference message. The internal coil is configured to transmit the encoded voltage difference message to a power transmitter to enable closed loop control of power transfer from the power transmitter to the controller to drive the voltage difference toward zero.

    TISSUE CONDUCTION COMMUNICATION USING RAMPED DRIVE SIGNAL

    公开(公告)号:US20210316149A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-14

    申请号:US17355905

    申请日:2021-06-23

    申请人: Medtronic, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61N1/372 A61N1/375 A61N1/39

    摘要: A device, such as an IMD, having a tissue conductance communication (TCC) transmitter controls a drive signal circuit and a polarity switching circuit by a controller of the TCC transmitter to generate an alternating current (AC) ramp on signal having a peak amplitude that is stepped up from a starting peak-to-peak amplitude to an ending peak-to-peak amplitude according to a step increment and step up interval. The TCC transmitter is further controlled to transmit the AC ramp on signal from the drive signal circuit and the polarity switching circuit via a coupling capacitor coupled to a transmitting electrode vector coupleable to the IMD. After the AC ramp on signal, the TCC transmitter transmits at least one TCC signal to a receiving device.

    Ultra low power analog to digital interface using range adaptive techniques
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    Ultra low power analog to digital interface using range adaptive techniques 有权
    超低功耗模数转换器采用量程自适应技术

    公开(公告)号:US08941523B1

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-27

    申请号:US14189172

    申请日:2014-02-25

    申请人: Medtronic, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H03M1/12 H03M1/36 H03M1/00

    摘要: A medical device and associated method convert an analog signal using an adaptable number of comparisons between the analog signal and a reference signal. The medical device includes an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter for receiving an analog signal. The A/D converter has a full scale range and a total number of bits spanning the full scale range. The A/D converter converts the analog signal to a digital signal over conversion cycles using an adaptable number of comparisons. For at least one of the conversion cycles, the adaptable number of comparisons is less than the total number of comparisons required to convert the analog signal over the full scale range of the A/D converter.

    摘要翻译: 医疗设备和相关方法使用模拟信号和参考信号之间的适应数量的比较来转换模拟信号。 医疗设备包括用于接收模拟信号的模数(A / D)转换器。 A / D转换器具有满量程范围,并且跨越满量程范围的总位数。 A / D转换器通过适应性数量的比较,将转换周期的模拟信号转换为数字信号。 对于至少一个转换周期,适应性比较数量小于在A / D转换器的满量程范围内转换模拟信号所需的总比较数。