Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of confirming safe delivery pathway to patient prior to energy delivery
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Application No.: US15432134Application Date: 2017-02-14
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Publication No.: US10555768B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Steven J. Fraasch , Catherine R. Condie , Trenton J. Rehberger , Mark T. Stewart , Qin Zhang
- Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61B18/12
- IPC: A61B18/12 ; A61B18/14 ; A61B18/00 ; A61B18/16

Abstract:
Systems and methods to confirm safe delivery of treatment energy to a patient by identifying a presence of a fault in an energy delivery pathway and identifying a location of the fault within the device. The system includes a processing unit configured to calculate blood impedances external to the device based on known impedance characteristics of the device, and then to calculate impedances within the device during energy delivery based on the calculated blood impedances. The processing unit prevents the delivery of energy in an energy delivery pathway that is determined to be compromised. The processing unit is also configured to compare times for two different frequencies to travel a predetermined distance, the difference in the times corresponding to a location of a fault within the energy delivery pathway.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180228528A1 METHOD OF CONFIRMING SAFE DELIVERY PATHWAY TO PATIENT PRIOR TO ENERGY DELIVERY Public/Granted day:2018-08-16
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